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BETWEEN TWO FIRES 



A COMEDY-DRAMA IN THREE ACTS 



THOMAS K. SERRANO 



PRICH 15 CENTS 



NEW YORK 
HAROLD ROORBACH, PUBLISHER 

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THE AOTIHG DRAMA. 



I Single Life. 

a Boarding School. 

3 The Spitfire. 

4 Irish Dragoon. 
<: S'^hool <or Tigers. 

6 Gabrielle de Belle Isle. 

7 Tipperary Legacy. 

8 Deeds of Dreadful Note, 
g A Peculiar Position. 

ID A Private Inquiry. 
II I'll Tell Your Wife. 
X2 Fast Family. 

13 Antony and Cleopatra 

Married and Settled. 

14 My Friend in the Straps. 

15 School for Scheming( Love 

and Money). 

16 Our Mary Anne. 

17 Miseries of Human Life. 

18 An Irish Engagement. 

19 How to Settle Accounts 

With Your Laundress. 

20 Advice Gratis. 

21 A Hasty Conclusion. 

22 Weak Points. 

23 Grace Darling. 

24 A Gray Mare. 

25 Middle Temple. 

26 The Original. 

27 The Sentinel. 

28 Tiger at Large. 

29 Why Did You Die ? 

30 Sayings and Doings. 

31 Twin Brothers. 

32 Ask no Questions. 

33 Cure for Coquettes. 

34 Cabin Boy. 

35 Who Stole the Spoons ? 

36 Mrs. Gamp'sTeaand Turn 

37 Village Doctor. [Out. 

38 Family Pride. 

39 Queen Mary. 

40 Three Grocers. 

41 Race Ball. 

42 Presented at Court. 

43 A Sign of Affection. 

44 Dancing Barber. 

45 Who's Your Friend ? 

46 Charity. 

47 Wicked World. [ingWell 

48 MotherandChildare Do- 

49 Lying in Ordinary. 

50 The Ringdoves. 

51 Camille. 

52 Lady Clancarty. 

53 Ten Nights in a Bar-room 

54 Drunkard's Warning, 

55 Fifteen Years of a 

Drunkard's Life. 

56 Fruits of the Wine Cup. 

57 Aunt Dinah's Pledge. 

58 Yankee Peddler. 

59 Vermont Wool Dealer. 

60 Persecuted Dutchman. 

61 Stage-Struck Yankee. 

62 The Limerick Boy (Pad- 

dy Miles' Boy.) 

63 Drunkard's Home. 



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64 Bachelor's l'>eQ-Roon). 

65 Perfection(theCor)- Leg) ; 

66 More BlundersThan One 

67 Whisky Fiend. 

68 (^uiteatHomc. ^ 

69 Sir Dagobert and tiie 

70 Putting on Airs. [Dragon 

71 A Slight Mistake. 

72 Patches and Powder. 

73 To Let, Furnished. 

74 The Lost Heir. 

75 Is the Man Mad? 

76 A Trip to Cambridge. 

77 Twenty and Forty. 

78 Hob-Nobbing. 

79 The Great Eastern. 

80 Three Guesses. 

81 Getting up in the World 

82 Wardrobe. 
83 

84 A Crumpled Rose Leaf. 

85 Wild Flowers. [Ladies. 

86 Don't all Speak at Once, 

87 Woman NatureWill Out. 

88 Funnibone's Fix. 

89 Child of Circumstances, 
go Women's Club, 

91 Shamrock. 

92 The Changelings. 

93 

94 Matrimony, 

95 Refinement. 

96 Master-piece. 

97 Frenchman, 

98 Punch and Judy. 

99 jMy Precious Betsy, 
100 Woman of the World, 
loi Rob the Hermit. 

102 Love Master, Love ISIan. 

103 Inhuman. 

104 Champagne. 

105 H M. S. Pinafore. 

106 Family Pictures. 

107 Prison and Palace. 

108 The Bailiff's Daughter. 

109 La Cigale. 
no Broken Promises. 

111 The Broken Seal. 

112 Betsy's Profile. 

113 Going Through Him. 

114 Male and Female. 
'115 Thoughts Before Mar- 

116 Diplomacy. [riage. 

117 Our Professor. 

118 Hurrah for Paris. 

119 Tittlebat a Father. 

120 Cross Purposes. 

121 Love to Music. 

122 Carried by Assault, 

123 The Locked Door. 

124 Those "Cussed" Waves. 

125 Masquerading for Two. 

126 The Love Flower. 

127 Oh, My Uncle ! 

128 The Dawn of Love. 

129 Juliet's Love Letter. 

130 Bric-a-Brac. 

131 A Cousin to Them All. 



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32 The Wanderer's Return. 

33 Uncle Jack, 

34 The Married Widows. 

35 Foresight: or, MyDaugh- 

ter's Dowry, 

36 Muolo the Monkey. 

n Too A\'indy for an Um- 
brella, 

38 Beauty and the Beast. 

39 Cinderella. 

40 Rosebud ; or, the Sleep- 

ing Beauty. 

41 The Princess, 

42 Rumplestiltskin. 

43 Skinflint, 

44 One Must Marry. 

45 John Smith, 

46 Just Twenty Years Ago. 

47 Pipes and Perdition, 

48 Under the Curse. 

49 Two Drams of Brandy. 

50 Don't Marry a Drunkard 

to Reform Him. 

51 Ralph Coleman's Refor- 

mation, 

52 Who Got the Pig ? 

53 Money Makes the Man. 

54 Bardell vs. Pickwick. 

56 A Pint of Ale. 

58 Engaged. 

59 My Awful Dad. 

60 Out i.i the Streets. 

61 The Law Allows It. 

62 There's Millions in It. 

63 Tootle Tootle Too. 

64 A Purty Shure Cure. 

65 Let those Laugh who 

Win. 

66 A dark Noight's Business 

67 A Game of Billiards. 

68 i he Village Belle. 

69 Cousin Florence. 

70 I Love Your Wife. 

71 TheDutchmanin Ireland 

72 A Woman Will Be a 

Woman. 

73 Lucy's Love Lesson. 

74 Our Utopia (The .Es- 

thetic Cousin). [Stars. 

75 The Daughter of the 

76 The Stolen Child. 

77 Well Fixed for a Rainy 

Day. 

78 Cross Purposes (A Mis- 

understanding in I act) 

79 The Artist's Stratagem. 

80 Picking up the Pieces. 

81 Lovely. 

82 Irresistibly Impudent, 

83 Love's Young Dream. 

84 WooingunderDifficulties 

85 Rebecca and Rowena. 

86 The Shakespeare Water 

87 Marion Fay. [Cure. 

88 At Sixes and Sevens. 
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES 

A COMEDY DRAMA 

IN THREE ACTS 

BY 
THOMAS K SERRANO 




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^ ^rrvSsiZpSlSOF INCIDENTS TIME OF REPRESENTATION COSTUMES 
JcInE AND PROPERTY PLOTS DIAGRAMS OF THE STAGE SET- 
?rNGS SIDES OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT RELATIVE POSI- 
TIONS OF THE PERFORMEKS EXPLANATION OF 
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BETWEEN TA\ O FIRES. 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Colonel Lundy, - - A man with an eventful history. 

Jebome Eddy, - A gentleman of means, residing at Fort Lee, 
-p f His adopted son, a youth who stands 

KOBEET, ... I "Between two Fires." 

Patkick Greenville, / Lawyers by profession and adventurers by 
Fean^ois Bulla y, \ nature. 

Jose Massint, - . - - - - An adventurer. 

An Irishman who does not think he de- 



PEIVATE O'KOUEKE, ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^ j^^j^^^ 

Feitz, _ _ - _ Whose prudence equals his jjallantry. 
Louisa De Moei, - A Creole lady sojourning at the north. 

Rowena, -------- Her daughter. 

Mrs. Juliet Geeenville, A non-believer in judicial separation. 
Officees, Soldiees, Etc 

Note. — The characters of Eddy and Massini can be doubled 
without inconvenience. 

Time of Repeesentation — Two Houes and a Half. 



SYNOPSIS OF INCIDENTS. 

Act I. At Fort Lee, on the Hudson. News from the war. The 
meeting. The colonel's strange romance. Departing for the war. 
The intrusted packet. An honest man. A last request. Bitter 
hatred. The dawn of love. A Northerner's sympathy for the 
South. Is he a traitor ? Held in trust. La Creole gold mine for 
sale. Financial agents. A brother's wrong. An order to cress the 
enemy's lines. Fortune's fool. Love's penalty. Man's independ- 
ence. Strange disclosures. Discarded. A shadowed life. Beggared 
in pocket and bankrupt in love. His last chance. The refusal. 
Turned from home. Alone, without a name. Off to the war. 

Act II. On the battlefield. An Irishman's philosophy. Uncon- 
scious of danger. Spies in the camp. The insult. Risen from the 
ranks. The colonel's prejudice. Letters from home. The plot to 
ruin. A token of love. True to him. The plotters at work. Break- 
ing the seals. The meeting of husband and wifp. A forlorn hope. 
Doomed as a spy. A struggle for lost honor. A soldier's death. 

Act III. Before Richmond. The home of Mrs. De Mori. The 
two documents. A little misunderstanding. A deserted wife. The 



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truth revealed. Brought to light. Mother and child. Rowena's 
sacrifice. The American Eagle spreads his wings. The spider's web. 
True to himself. The reconciliation. A long divided home reunited. 
The close of the war. 



COSTUMES. 

LuNDY. Act I: Dark frock coat, buttoned up close: lio-ht trow- 
sers; gloves; silk hat; cane. Acts II and III: Uniform of a colonel, 
U. S. A. 

Eddy. Dark trowsers and vest ; dressing-gown and slippers. 

Egbert. Act I: Dark cutaway coat, with waistcoat ; light trow- 
sers; derby hat; patent leather shoes. Act II : Unilorm of a ser- 
geant, U. S. A. Act III: Officer's uniform, U. S. A. 

Greenville and Bullay. Business suits; derby hats. BuUay 
has a seal attached to his watch chain. 

Massini. Confederate private's uniform. 

O'KoiiRKE. Uniform of a private, U. S. A. 

Fritz. Acts I and III: Black swallow-tail coat; black low-cut 
vest; black trowsers; highly starched shirt-front, turn-down collar 
and white necktie. Act II: Uniform of a private, U. S. A. 

Louisa. ) ^^^ ^' Handsome street toilets. Act II: Traveling 
J- costumes. Act HI: Plain black house dresses, 

RoWENA. J with very little jewelry. 

Mrs. Greenville. Handsome traveling dress, bonnet, gloves 
and parasol. 



STAGE SETTINGS. 
Act I. 



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Act II. 



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Act III. 



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SCENE PLOT. 

Act I. Fancy chamber boxed in third grooves. Alcove window 
C, backed with marine landscape in fifth grooves. Arches or doors 
R. and L. of window, backed with garden backings in fourth grooves. 
Arch or door R. IT. E. , backed with conservatory drop. Arch or door 
L. U. E., backed with interior drop. 

Act II. Dilapidated or plain interior, boxed in fourth grooves, 
backed with a landscape in fifth grooves. Double doors C. Fire- 
place, with fire, R. Note: If preferred, the scene may be set thus : 
an open wood running back to the fourth grooves, backed with a 
transparent drop representing trenches in the distance. Profile wood 
wings R. and L. Tent L. Camp-fire and tripod R. 

Act III. Fancy chamber boxed in third grooves, backed with a 
garden backing in fourth groves. Door C, with steps leading do\^n 
to it. Doors R. 3 E. and L. 3 E., backed with interior drops. Fiie- 
place and mantel down R. 



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PROPERTIES. 

Act I. Handsome suit of furniture. Carpet and medallion down. 
Pedestals supporting statuettes, K. and L. of doors in fiat. Desk, or 
secretary, with writing materials, down L. Easels and pictures R. 
and L. of window. Plants in the conservatory, R. Newspapers f<'r 
Fritz. Coin money for Mrs. Greenville. Bank-notes for Green- 
ville, also a cigar in case. Blank will and cigarettes for Bulla Y. 
Packet of letters for Lundy. Cut flowers for RoWENA. Drum and 
fife outside. 

Act II. Table and chair down L. Flask, packet of letters, and 
documents for Bullay. Flask, pipe, packet of letters, musket and 
documents forO'RouRKE. Muskets and accoutrements for Soldiers. 
Bugle, drum and fife. Red fire, for fire. Bass drum to imitate the 
noise of cannon. Cigars and cigarettes for Greenville and BuLLAY. 
Tobacco and pipe for Robert. Two packets for Officer. Despatch 
for Orderly. Field glass and writing materials on table down L. 

Act III. Handsome suit of furniture. Carpet matting, with 
medallion down. Ottoman C. Oblong mirror and bric-a-brac on 
mantel. Table, with books and ornaments on it, and two chairs R. 
C. Easy chair L. C. Sofa down L. Desk or secretary up L, C. 
Easel, bearing a picture, up R. C. Packet of letters for Bullay. 
Sealed Packet and envelope for O'Rourke. Letter for Massini. 
Documents for Greenville and Mrs. De Mori. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

The player is supposed to be facing the audience. R. means right ; 
L., left; C., centre ; R. C, right of centre ; L. C, left of centre ; D. 
F., door in the flat or scene running across the back of the stage; R. 
F., right side of the flat; L. F., left side of the flat; R. D., right 
door; L. D., left door; 1 E., first entrance; 2 E., second entrance; 
tJ. E., upper entrance; 1,2 or 3 G., first, second or third grooves; 
up stage — toward the back ; down stage — toward the footlights. 

E. R. C. C. L. C. L. 



BETWEEN TWO FIEES. 

ACT I. 

Scene. — Drawing-room in Jerome Eddy's house at Fort-Lee. 
Time, tnorning. At the rise of the curtaift, — Jerome Eddy is 
discovered in dressi^ig gown and slippers, writing a letter at desk 
L. H. Enter Fritz r. u. e., with newspapers ; he crosses L. to 
Eddy. 

Fritz. [Approaching Eddy.) I hopes dot I don't intrude mit 
you, Sir ; but dere newspapers vas come. 

Eddy. [Addressing envelope.) Very well, Fritz; just place 
them here on the desk. (Fritz places papers on desk and at- 
tempts to go off L. u. E.) Stay! [Sealittg letter.) You'll take 
this letter to Colonel Lundy ; you will find him at his rooms. Wait 
for an answer. [Gives letter to Fritz.) 

Fritz. Yaah, mister Eddy; I vill vate for un answer. [Aside.) 
Shust der man I vish to speak mit. I tinks ich better by the var 
den here. Dere vork is less, dere vages more. 

Exit Fritz, r. c, at back. 

Eddy. {Opening newspaper.) I wonder what's the latest news 
of the war. [After looking intently at paper.) Ah! what's 
this? " The defeat experienced by the northern forces yesterday, 
makes it necessary to send re-enforcements immediately. Ten 
thousand more men needed to fill the vacancy made by the re- 
moval of the reserve troops." If affairs continue thus, I fear 
another slaughter like that at Bull Run will occur. Many have 
left their homes and famihes, never to return. War! war! thou 
art a curse to civiHzation. 

Enter CoL. Lundy, r. c, at hack. 

[Rising.) Ah, good morning, Colonel. [They shake hands, then 
advance down stage.) 

Lundy. [Advancing dowji c.) The salutation is mutual. (5//- 
ting 071 ottaman, c.) Apropos ; while on my way thither, I en- 
countered Fritz, your servant, and received your letter, though I 
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 7 

confess I haven't yet opened it. [Shows letter.) What's the 
news ? 

Eddy. [Resuming seat previously occupied.) I would rather 
you answer that question. Tell me, Colonel, is it true you have 
been ordered to prepare for active service ? 

Lundy. Yes ; I start to-day — in fact within an hour. It was to 
inform you of this, I hastened here. 

Eddy. And it was to know what truth was in the rumor, I sent 
you that letter. You must indeed feel very proud over your com- 
mission. Of course, it is the ambition of every soldier to win a 
high place, if possible, in the service. 

Lundy. True ; and at the head of such a brave and gallant regi- 
ment as I am about to command, there is no reason why I should 
not rise a grade or two higher. A better drilled or a more orderly 
set of men I have never seen in all my experience. Ha ! ha ! ha ! 
This going to fight these rebels gives me much pleasure. I have 
more than a country's bitterness at heart, especially for that class 
known as Creoles — the miserable wretches ! Before I say good-bye, 
I wish you take charge of this packet [Producing packet from 
coat pocket) ; and if I fall, I want you to break the seal, read the 
contents, and act according to the inclosed directions. 

Eddy. Why not trust its keeping to your lawyer ? 

Lundy. I have no use for a lawyer. Lawyers and Creoles I hate. 

Eddy. Your hatred for the south, especially the Creoles seems to 
be very intense. 

Lundy. It is, and no one who knew the cause would blame me. 
You have ever been a good and generous friend, and if you don't 
mind, I will tell you — though perhaps you don't care to know. 

Eddy. But I do ; perhaps I may be able to advise you. 

Lundy. Thanks. You must know then, that after I was gradu- 
ated at West Point, I went south to settle up an estate left me by 
a distant relative. I was not long in Nashville, before I received 
an entree into the best circles of society, and, if I may so express 
myself, I was considered a quite good looking fellow. 

Eddy. And of course much admired by the fair sex. 

Lundy. Among my acquaintances was a certain government 
official, of high political standing, with whose sister I fell in love 
and who returned my affection. 

Eddy. You were fortunate. 



8 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Lundy. Was I ? You may not think so when I have finished 
my narrative. We were both aware that her brother, my pohtical 
acquaintance, would refuse his consent to our union. 

Eddy. And naturally enough, you did without it. 

Lundy. Yes. The marriage was secretly solemnized and we 
left Nashville. Here, I must tell you, the family were of French 
and Mexican extraction, and, in common with the nature of all 
Creoles, possessed a revengeful and vindictive spirit. When we 
made our flight, we journeyed to Mexico, where I had obtained a 
position in the government engineer corps. For six months I 
was in Paradise, only to awaken one morning to find myself in the 
other place. The brother had discovered our whereabouts, and, 
with proofs strong as Holy Writ, denounced me to the Mexican 
authorities, as a spy in the pay of France, sent there to ascertain 
their military strength. I was tried, convicted, and condemned for 
life. 

Eddy. You? an American? 

Lundy. Yes. The evidence produced was of so strong a nature, 
that had I been a spectator at the trial, I surely would have be- 
lieved the accused guilty. I will not attempt to describe to you 
my sufferings ; but let it suffice when I tell you, had it not been 
that Heaven gave me a strong and robust constitution, I should 
not be here now to tell my story. I would long since have forgot- 
ten the terrible tortures I endured, and even forgiven the brother, 
but for the bitter knowledge that the wife I so dearly loved, the 
wife for whom I would have died a thousand times, was the arch- 
conspirator in the plot. 

Eddy. Your wife ? Surely you are mistaken! 

Lundy. Not at all ; a letter in that packet confirms the accusa- 
tion beyond a doubt. Tired of her lover, regretting her marriage, 
as it was a barrier to her ambition, she informed her brother of 
her whereabouts, and accused me of having abducted her. The 
brother, being wrought to that state of anger where revenge be- 
comes master of the soul, consummated his scheme — and my im- 
prisonment followed. 

Eddy. How did you obtain your freedom ? 

Lundy. In company with two others, I made my escape, 
through the aid of a deputy jailor. My two companions died on 
the way across the plains, just when we were in sight of the Ameri- 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 9 

can border ; I alone crossed the Rio Grande. After some more 
rough travelling, I at length reached Washington. 

Eddy. Where, of course, you obtained redress ? 

Lundy. Where, of course, I obtained nothing of the sort. I 
tried hard, but in vain, for then, as now, pohtical influence is the 
axis on which the wheels of justice revolve in the different depart- 
ments of the Government. I at last became weary of waiting for 
the Secretary to take action in the affair, and allowed my griev- 
ances to sink into oblivion. I have always been under the impres- 
sion that friend* of the brother— certain Southern congressmen — 
had much to do in the retardment of an investigation into my 
case. Now can you wonder at my desire to enter upon the battle- 
field and charge into the midst of these Southern hounds, especi- 
ally the Creoles, and deal them out defeat and death ? Ah, the 
very thought of what's to come fires every energy of heart and 
soul, and makes me feel young again ! {Laughter heard outside 
R. u. E. Y.TiV>Y goes up c. and looks off r.) Who's that? 

Eddy. Only my son and some lady friends of his; they are com- 
ing this way. 

Lundy. Ladies are undesirable creatures with me. I'm off — I'm 
what may be termed a woman hater. 

Eddy. {Coming down c.) Not so bad as that, I hope. All 
women, you know, are not alike — but come, I see you're growing 
distressed. We will go into the library and have a parting glass 
of wine together. There we shall be free from all intrusion. 
Come. {Going towards \.. u. e.) 

Lundy. ( Following Eddy. ) Who are the ladies ? 

Eddy. Ah, I see you have a weak spot still for the fair sex. 
They are — ahem— a Creole lady and her daughter. 

Lundy. A Creole ! Confound it ! it's bad enough to be a wo- 
man, but a cross between a cat and a tigress — well — da 

Eddy. {Placing hand before 1x\kt>y's, mouth.) Tut — tut — she 
will meet your wish, if she is not blessed [Points upwards.) You 
had better let me introduce you. 

Lundy. Never, sir ! never ! How is it you have not encour- 
aged Robert to enlist in behalf of his country's cause ? 

Eddy. I have ; but I'm sorry to confess his sympathies are 
with the South. 

Lundy. What ! with the South ? And you— you shelter such 



lo BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

a son ! Why the fellow should be quartered at Fort Lafayette, 
not here. 

Eddy. Why I am not severe on the lad, is because of my old 
age. You know a man of my age desires a companion ; and 
what better companion could he have than his own son ? 

Lundy. True ; and on that account I can be lenient with him. 
By the bye, how are he and Miss Trehayne getting on ? I don't 
see them out riding so frequently of late. 

Eddy. The fact is, Colonel, he has transferred his affections to 
this Creole girl who, although the daughter of a Southern aristo- 
crat, is no suitable helpmate through life for him. This I have 
told him, and, would you believe me, he has actually refused to 
recognise my right in the matter. 

Lundy. Well, then, your only alternative is to have him en- 
listed. The army is the best school for disciphne, especially for 
youngsters like him. Why, when I stop to think of his treatment 
of Miss Trehayne, it seems damnably shocking — let us retire or I 
shall loose my temper. Exeunt Eddy and Lundy, l. u. e. 

Enter Robert with Mrs. De Mori and Rowena, laughing, 

R. u. E. 

Mrs. De M. (l.) And you pretend you are a coward ? 

Rob, (c.) I confess it — I have not the courage to engage in 
this war against the South. 

Mrs. De M. How strange, a Northerner like you should be in 
sympathy with your foe — for are we not foes, since we no longer 
recognise your authority? 

Rob. I would much prefer, with your permission, to leave the 
right to discuss that point with the statesmen who urged on the 
war. (Mrs. De Mori smiles and goes up stage, c.) 

Row. Do you know, Robert, you unjustly accuse yourself when 
you say you are a coward? 

Rob. How do you know ? 

Row. Because no woman could love a coward. 

Rob. V>o you love me ? 

Row. No, no, but if you are a coward — why, yesterday when 
we were out boating, and the strong tide nearly capsized our boat, 
you acted with a coolness, courage, and presence of mind that 
saved our lives. 



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Rob. That wasn't courage — it was the fear of an accident. I am 
too fond of hving to lose my hfe. 

Row. Yes, but when my horse took fright, and was galloping at 
a wild speed, you, at the risk of being trampled to death, seized 
and stayed him ; you did not seem to prize your life much then. 

Rob. Because my life without yours would be valueless. I am 
fond of life, because I am young — have health and hope ; I love 
the broad and open sea, the green fields, the waving trees, the 
broad expanse of sky and breezy air. The world with me is filled 
with hfe and beauty, but without you its light and sunshine would 
be gone. 

Mrs. De M. [Advancing down C. ) Ahem ! where is your father, 
Mr. Eddy ? 

Rob. Do you wish to see him? [To Rowena.) Will you give 
to me, the rosebud in your hair. 

Row. It is yours. [Gives it.) You will not give it away ? 

Rob. No. [To Mrs. De Mori.) I will find my father on the 
instant. [Staris to go, but is detained by Rowena. ) 

Row. Nor exchange it ? 

Rob. Only for one thing on earth more precious. 

Row. And what is that ? 

Rob. Yourself. Bows and Exit L. U, e. 

Mrs. De M. [Going to Rowena. Rowena! that young man 
loves you. 

Row. ( Coqtiettishly. ) Does he ? 

Mrs. De M. You know he does. 

Row. I know something more. 

Mrs. De M. And what is that ? 

Row. I love him. 

Mrs. De M. Rowena, be advised in time — such an attachment 
cannot but lead to disappointment and unhappiness. 

Row. How so ? 

Mrs. De M. Mr. Eddy informs me that he is to marry a Miss 
Bertha Trehayne of New York. The lady, in her own right, is 
said to be worth a hundred thousand dollars. 

Rov/. And Robert informs me he would not wed her if she had 
ten times a hundred thousand dollars. 

Mrs. De M. Rowena ! have you ever had to doubt my desire for 
your welfare — my love for you ? 



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Row. Never! never! 

Mrs. De M. Then, for reasons vi^hich you some day may learn, 
crush any growing attachment for Robert Eddy ere it be too late. 
Row. I am afraid it is now too late. 

Enter Eddy l. u. e. , accojnpanied by Robert. 

Eddy. {^Shaking hands.') Delighted to see you— this is indeed 
a pleasure. Ah ! by the bye, there was some talk at Mrs. Berry's 
the other evening, of your going away ; is it true ? 

Mrs. De M. Yes ; we leave for the South in a few days. 

Eddy. I regret to hear you say so. But how are you going to 
cross the lines just now ? Had you not better stay here awhile 
longer ? A settlement of affairs between North and South may be 
consummated in a short time, and then travel will be more easy. 

Mrs. De M. I fear there would be a greater danger were we to 
remain here {Looking towards Rowena and Rob, who are up 
stage c, in earnest conversation^', besides, I have received an 
order signed by the President, granting us the required permission. 

Eddy. {Aside, going L.) I quite readily understand the motive 
of her sudden departure. No better favor could she afford me 
than this. 

Rob. {Aside to Rowena.) I must pack up my traps. 

Row. You — for what ? 

Rob. To go South. 

Row. {Amazed.^ South! wherefore! 

Rob. Because you are going. 

Enter Fritz, l. C, at back. 

Fritz. {Going to Mrs. De Mori.) Dere vas two shentlemens 
dot vas vant to speak mit you, Mrs. De Mori. Von vas foreign, 
because he speak French, and der odervas not, he speak Irish. 

Mrs. De M. {Surprised.) Who can they be, I wonder ? 

Fritz. Day vas very sorry dey sait, to follow you here, but dey 
vas particular to speak important business mit you. 

Eddy. You will see them here, Mrs. De Mori. ( 27? Fritz.) 
Admit them. 

Fritz. {Going.) Shust so, admit them. 

Exit Fritz, l. c. at back. 
; Eddy. ( To Robert and Rowena. ) Will you come into the con- 



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servatory ? (^Pointing r. h. of stage. ^ I have received a fresh sup- 
ply of plants this morning, and would like your opinion very much 
in relation to them. Shall we go ? 

Row. With pleasure. 

Eddy. This way then — {Going off, R. u. E.) 

Rob. {Hiking Rowena's arm.) This way suits me best. 

Exit, wiik ROWENA, L. u. E. 

Mrs. De M, [Going fo ottoman c, in thought) I wonder who 
these interviewers are [Sitting) that follow me here, and what 
their business is ? 

Enter Greenville and Bullay, l. c, at back ; they bow to 
RowENA as she goes off. 

Bull, (l.) Greenville, vare fine girl. 

Green, (c.) Hang the girl ! 

Bull. Hang ze girl — hang yourself. 

Green. Devil a bit will I hang myself. 

Bull. And I shall not hang ze girl. 

Green. Very well then. 

Bull. Vare well then — Greenville, are we not friends — vat you 
call 

Green. Partners. Yes. ( They shake hands and come down c.) 

Bull. (l. c.) Pardonnez moi [par-do-nay moo-ah] madame, 
for this — what is de word — this 

Green, (l. ) Intrusion. 

Bull. C'est bon [say bong] — intrusion. 

Mrs. De M. Your business, sir ? 

Bull. My business — I may say, our business ; for the firm of 
Greenville and Bullay 

Green. New York agents for the Mexican gold mine, known as 
La Creole — that is, we represent the parties who wish to pur- 
chase it. 

Bull. Ze business with you, is to make — to make — inquiries — 
permit me — Charles De Mori wish to sell ze gold mine La Creole 
in San Alonzo, Mexico. Ze people ve represent vish to learn from 
you if his title and right is valid. 

Mrs. De M. If I understand you rightly, my brother, Charles De 
Mori, has offered to dispose of the gold mine La Creole, and you 
are likely to become its purchasers. 



14 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Green. Yes ; in the interest of others, however. 

Bull. Before buying it we, of course, vant to inquire into the 
title. [Producmg will fro fn pocket.) Now here is a copy of the 
vill of your uncle — a strange vill. 

Green. A mighty strange will, to say the least. 

Bull. He must have been — vat you call — out of his filbert. 

Green. No, no, — off his nut. [Tapping his head.) 

Bull. Ah, yes ! — off ze nut. 

Mrs. De M. [Rising.) My brother has no right to sell the La 
Creole gold mine, for it is the property of my child. [Xing to R.) 

Green, (c.) But by this will, I see your uncle bequeaths the 
estate to your child, should it be a son ; but if a daughter, the 
property in full, goes to your brother. You have but one child. 

Mrs. De M. You are right, sir. 

Bull. Zat is ze daughter. Ah, ze property, you see, goes to ze 
brother, madame. 

Mrs. De M. No, sir, but to my son. 

Bull. A son ! You have but one child, and zat is ze daughter. 

Green. True ! How can you then, madame, have a son? 

Mrs. De M. {^Xing to c.) Listen to me, sir. You would pur- 
chase this property ; and it is only an act of common justice to 
tell you why I dispute my brother's right to it. 

Bull, (l.) C'est bon. Proceed; we are all — all prevention. 

Green. Attention. 

Bull. Ah, yes, — attention. 

Mrs. De M. [Sits on ottoman.) When but a mere girl, I was 
married to a young Northern gentleman, but without the consent 
or knowledge of my relatives. That marriage was discovered, 
and, through a diabolical intrigue consummated by my brother, 
my husband was sentenced by the Mexican Government to hard 
labor and solitary confinement for hfe. He did not long survive 
his sentence, for he became an easy victim to consumption. 
Shortly before the birth of my child, my uncle was seized with 
a mortal illness, and upon his death-bed sent for and forgave me. 
He died in my arms, leaving the will to which you allude, 
bequeathing the property owned by him in Mexico to my child, 
should it prove to be a male, and to my brother should it prove a 
female. A few weeks afterward the child was born. 

Green. And it proved to be a girl. 



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Mrs. De M. On the contrary, it was a boy-the just and rightful 
heir to the La Creole gold mine. 

BuU. Vonderful atmosphere is New York weather! How 
come de boy born in Nashville, to be changed ,n New York 
to a girl? Does dose things happen vare often m d.s part of ze 

^°Ts!veM. Simple enonghwlrenyouunderstandit. The young 
lady whom you no doubt have seen with me, is my adopted 
daughter. I am very reluctant to speak upon this subject, but my 
du y compels me. Now, sir, when my child was born I knew 
tha' my brother intended to destroy its life ,f a boy; and when .t 
proved a son, to save its hfe I caused it to be changed for that of 
a friend's who gave birth to a female child about the same Ume. 
( Rises and goes up stage C but returns down. ) 
^ G^n Jcing IobA., aside to /nm.) Just what we were told. 

We must be careful. 

Bull. You right, Greenville. ( To Mrs. De Moki.) Your son. 

madame, vare is he now? Is he living or dead? If hving. ze 

estate is his ; if dead, your brother can sell ze property to us. 
Mrs De M. With the necessary proof of his identity, he ^yas 

confided to an old pensioner of our family, named Jose Massini. 

a Mexican by birth, who. however, most shamefully betrayed his 

trust. 

Bull. And killed ze child. 

Mrs De M. Such. I beheve. was his intention ; but I have dis- 
covered that my boy was saved, and brought here to New York. 

Bull But, parbleu, [par-bluhj where is he? 

Mrs. De M. That I have yet to discover. But I have told you 
sufficient; and I warn you that if you purchase this property, it 
will be at your own risk. Good morning. 

Bows and Exit R. c. , at back. 

Bull. Greenville, mon cher. (mong share) what is it zat we shall 

do-* 
Green. Wait, and keep our eyes open. The property ,s ve.-y 

valuable, which Charles De Mori sells; first, b^^-"=;'"^ «"'^ '° 
isn't good, and secondly, because the specmens shown from it 

";rOhTit we can only Hnd out for sure ,f this child is dead 
or alive, then we would know what to do. 



i6 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Green. Yes. How can we find out? 

Bull. I say, if 

Green. And I say, how ? ( This is worked up, repeated to 
climax. They appear about to strike each other and the?t shake 
hands. Sai7ie business throughout play.) 

Bull. Oh ! go to ze — ze — devil — - 

Green. Not much. [Placing Jlngers to lips.) Hush! some 
one is coming. 

Bull. Ah ! [To Green.) We are friends? 

Green. Yes ; look [Pointing i.. u. E. ) there. 

Bull. It's the young lady, and young Eddy, her sweetheart. 
Ah ! she make my heart jump. Oh, if she was mine ! I — here 
into the 

Green. The conservatory 

Bull. And keep our eyes and ears open, like a couple of — of 

Green. Damned rascals. 

Bull. C'est bon — dam rascasals ; for you damrascasal— you, not 
me. [Business above repeated.) 

Green. I said we 

Bull. Oui, (oo-ee) I know, and I said you. 

Green. Don't insult me. 

Bull. I — you insult me — but sacre ! (sack-ray.) — I~but dere, 
let us be friends — have a cigarette. 

Green. No I You have a cigar. 

Bull. You know I only smoke cirgarettes. 

Green. And you know I only smoke cigars. ( They quarrel as 
before.) Very well, are we friends? 

Bull. We are. [As they are going k. h. — pointing off \..)T\\Q.xt, 
is the girl zat I love. 

Green. [Looking off i^.c. at back.) And there is the woman 
that I fear, my wife. [Staggers.) 

Bull. Your wife I Vere ? 

Green. [Poiftting off L. c. at back.) Coming here — the more 
I run away from her, the harder she runs after me. 

Bull. [Thr'oiving kiss off L,. c.) Ah! ze woman zat I love. 

Green. Oh, you can have her ; I'll not get jealous. 

Bull. Vere well ; I'll speak to her — by and bye. 

Exeunt both ifito conservatory R. 



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Enter MRS. GREENVILLE L. c. at back, accompanied by Fritz. 

Mrs. Green. [Co7nmg down C. excitedly, with Fritz.) Do 
you mean to say, sir, my husband is not here? Why I saw him 
enter this house an hour ago. Here take this dollar ( Gives him 
a dollar.') and answer my question. 

Fritz. Vat question would you have mit me ? 

Mrs. Green. Well ! Have you forgotten already what I asked 
you? — where' s my husband? 

Fritz. {^Confused.') Your husband? Yaah, — vot you vant mit 
him? 

Mrs. Green. For what does a woman usually want her hus- 
band ? — he's run away and left me, and a beautiful cottage in 
Plainfield, New Jersey ; with the rent unpaid, the baker, grocer, 
and butcher bills to pay, and the gas cut off. 

Fritz. Your gas cut off? Nein, dey could never cut off your 
gas, it's natural. (Fritz looks tip stage and sees Greenville 
looking out from conservatory.') 

Mrs. Green. I could have forgiven him for these trifles; had he 
not tried to get a divorce from me. 

Fritz. Dot vas bad. 

Mrs. Green. Yes ; and he came home intoxicated two days ago, 
and broke up the furniture, and then deliberately accused me of 
having — of having 

Fritz. Been drunk yourself? 

Mrs. Green. No! of having imbibed in colors while he imbibed 
in spirits — in short, he says I am too extravagant in dress. Do 
you think so ? 

Fritz. Dere is a great deal of stuff in your skirt, but dot's the 
fashion, I suppose. {Looks up stage towards conservatory.') 

Mrs. Green. {Looking up stage ; Greenville disappears from 
view.) Who's in that conservatory ? 

Fritz. No von, except der vorms und slugs. 

Mrs. Green. Come, answer my question and I will make it an- 
other dollar. 

Fritz. Vat question? 

Mrs. Green. What question! — Are you crazy ? — where's my hus- 
band ? 

Fritz. [Looks up stage ; Greenville appears at conservatory, 
holds up five dollar bill, and motions Fritz not to tell his where* 
2 



i8 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

abouts.) Veil, if you come mit me, I see vere your husband be. 
{going up C. ) Follow me. 

Mrs Green. That I mean to do. I intend to traverse the entire 
breadth of the land to find my other half, and when I do, Fll — 
I'll 

Fritz. Vat? 

Mrs. Green. What? Fll — are you a married man? 

Fritz. Nein! 

Mrs. Gr^en. Then I'd rather nor tell you. 

Exeunt both L. c, at back. 

Enter Robert and Rowena, arm in arm, l. u. e. 

Row. [Sitting oft ottomaji, c.) And you intend to follow me 
South ? 

Rob. [Leans over her r. of ottoman.) Aye! and to the end of 
the world. 

Row. But how Z2C[). you cross the hues? 

Rob. After the manner intended by you. I'm sure my appli- 
cation for the required order will not be refused. However, 
should it be refused, I shall hold you as a hostage of war, and 
make you my wife. 

Row. Your wife? [Rising i7i a dreaniifig manner.) 

Rob. Yes, my wife, for I love you, love you more than it is in 
words to express. You have brought light and sunshine into my 
life, and the most waste and l)arren spot in all the world would be 
a paradise if shared with you. 

Row. How — how shall I answer you ? 

Rob. By saying, yes. 

Row. I dare not ; my mother has warned me. 

Rob. [Amazed.) Warned you of what ? 

Row. I scarcely know. There is some mystery, but I do know 
her never failing tenderness and love, and it is my duty to consult 
her before I answer you. 

Rob. Be it so, but I could not bear to hear you answer no. See, 
here is the rose you gave me ; if you will stay — if you will become 
my wife, tell me 1 may keep it ; but if you are to crush the dearest 
and the highest hopes I have, ask me for the rose back again. 

Row. I will, and v/ithin the hour. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 19 

Rob. But will you not tell me, if the answer rested alone with 
you, could you love me? 
Row. Robert, I 

Enter Eddy, l. C. , at back. 

Eddy. Miss Rowena ! [Coming down c.) Your mamma is ask. 
ing for you. 

Row. Where is she, sir? 

Eddy. In the Blue room. 

Row. I will go to her. [Sfarfs to go, followed by Robert.) 

Eddy. (C.) A moment, young man. I wish to speak to you. 

Rob. Yes, sir. [Leads Rowena to l. u. e., and returns down 
L. c.) Remember the rose. 

Eddy. Now, young man, you are faUing in love with that young 
lady. 

Rob. No, father, I am not. I have fallen, and so deep that I 
can never get out again. 

Eddy. But you will have to. 

Rob. Impossible ! 

Eddy. Not when I command you? 

Rob. Pardon me, father, but in the choice of a wife every man 
has a right to judge for himself. 

Eddy. Do you dare to dispute my right ! When I asked why 
you did not enlist in the army, you said your sympathies were with 
the Southern side, and though your utterance gave me pain, I for- 
gave you. Now, in answer to my second demand, you again 
refuse to do my bidding. 

Rob. Sir ! I love Rowena. 

Eddy. Confound it ! You will at once give up all hopes of this 
lady, if you are an honest man. 

Rob. If I am an honest man ! I ain an honest man. 

Eddy. Do you think it honest to marry a woman under false 
pretences? to find out afterwards that you are not what you seem, 
but a penniless, nameless man. 

Rob. Father! 

Eddy. Do as I wish, and you remain a gentleman. Refuse, and 
you become a beggar. What's your answer ; will you give her up ? 

Rob. I can not. 

Eddy. Then my duty as a gentleman compels me to tell you — 



20 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

to prevent you from deceiving this lady — that the name you bear, 
the position you hold, you have no right to. You are not my 
son 

Rob. Not your son ! 

Eddy. No sir ; but the creature of a questionable aUiance. 

Rob. 'Tis false ! This is but afoul and dastard insult, and one 
that shall not go unavenged. {Seizes Eddy, ajtd is about to strike 
him, when the latter thf'ows him off.^ 

Eddy. How dare you attempt to strike me ! There, {Points to 
chair,. R.,) be seated, and listen before you pre-judge me. Re- 
member, your own obstinacy forces me to tell you the whole — the 
bitter truth. {Sits on ottoman, c.) Twenty years ago, while 
travelling through Mexico, I passed a day at Puento Rio ; as I 
left my hotel at night en route for home, I was accosted by a man 
I had met before — Jose Massini, a peon. He had a child in his 
arms, wrapped beneath his cloak, and he begged me, in the name 
of humanity, to take it and save it. I consented ; I brought the 
child to New York, and having no wife, no children of my own, I 
adopted, educated, and made a gentleman of him. {Rises.) You, 
Robert, are that child. 

Rob. A foundling ! Oh, why was I not left to perish ! Better 
have remained within the confines of my lowly birth than lived 
for such a bitter hour. Better have been the humblest wretch on 
earth than to be hfted up to fall again hke this. Oh, Rowena ! 
Rowena ! you are lost to me, indeed {Crosses to chain..') 

Eddy. You now understand why you must give the lady up ; 
that if you, a child of circumstances, were to marry the daughter 
of an aristocratic family, you would, perhaps, bring shame and 
disgrace upon her. I should never have told you this but for your 
recklessness and obstinacy. 

Rob. But have you no papers that would lead to the discovery 
of my birth, or any clue whereby something definite could be 
reached, so that I may know the proper station of my life. 

Eddy. I have in my possession a certain packet, the contents 
unknown to me, which I have given my word shall not be placed 
in your hands till you are of age. On your twenty-first birthday — 
a few months hence — it shall be given you. 

Rob. Mr. Eddy. 

Eddy. Nay, Robert, call me " father" still. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 21 

Rob. No, sir. I will not bear a name to which I have no right ; 
nor will I further accept the wealth and position I thought were 
mine. To-day my life begins — one favor alone I ask ; go to 
Rowena — for I have not the courage nor the heart ; — Tell her — as 
you have have told me — all. Tell her also that if she can still 
love the nameless outcast — if she will wait for me in confidence 
and trust — I will win a name and position for myself. 

Eddy. I will. Come with me. 

Rob. No! my brain's bewildered, and I must think. [Drum 
and fife band heard in the distance, playing ''The Girl I left 
Behind Me,'' piano.) 

Eddy. {Up stage.) Poor boy! Well, it is better that he 
should know ; he's a fine fellow, and I wish I were his father. 

Exit, L. c, at back. 

Rob. [Looking off Yi. c at back.) What are those ? Hum — re- 
cruits marching to the steamboat landing. [After pause.) I'll 
walk down and watch them. Rowena, give me but one smile, one 
word of encouragement and hope, and I'll win a name you shall 
not blush to bear. Exit, R. c. at back. 

March ceases. Re-enter Greenville and Bul.l ay from conserva- 
tory R. They come down stage. 

Bull, (c.) Sacre bleu! [sack-ray bluh] what a discovery! 
Just think, the heir to von of the richest gold mines in Mexico, 
here and tinks he's penniless. 

Green, (l. c.) And doesn't know it. 

Bull. A millionaire in his own right ' 

Green. And doesn't know it. 

Bull. His mother in the house ! 

Green. And doesn't know it. 

Bull. And will not. Oh, what a chance I If we were to buy 
the property — it vas cheap — and this young man were to have 
some accidents and were to die, to — to what you call — knock over 
the pail vid his foot ? 

Green. Kick the bucket. 

Bull. C'est bon — kick ze bucket. 

Green. Where has he gone? [Goes up stage C, looking off R, 
C. at back.) 

Bull. [^Following Greenville up stage.) Let us vatch and 



22 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

see. His life is vorth too much. Poor fellow ! the vorld is very 
hard upon Irim, and ve vill 

Green. Send him to a better one. 

Bull. You shall send him. 

Green. No, you. 

Bull. I say zat you ! {Quarrel as before.') Do you not vant ze 
property ? 

Green. And are you not in love with the girl, who doesn't want 
you ? 

Bull. Sacre bleu ! like your wife, who prefer running after ze 
man of men 

Green. My wife loves me, you French frog ! 

Bull. Is zat so, you Irish hound? {Quarrel as before.) Ah! 
we are friends again — some one is coming. 

Exeunt into conservatory, R. 
Enter Mrs. De Mori and Rowena, l. h., at back. 

Mrs. De M. {Coming down c.) And now, Rowena, you know 
all. Now, since you are a child of strange circumstances, in 
justice, you must not marry this gentleman, to whose position your 
own humble origin would be a constant reproach. 

Row. {Down L. C.) But, why, oh, why was I not told before — 
before it was too late to crush my love — before my heart was 
broken I {Sinks on ottoman and weeps.) 

Mrs. De M. Heaven knows child, I have acted for the best ; and 
I should not have told you now but for the visit of these agents. 
Enter Eddy, l. u. e., and crosses to Mrs. De Mori while speaking. 

Eddy. Madam, at the request of Robert, whose attachment to 
your daughter 

Mrs. De M. Stay, Mr. Eddy, in order to avoid any unnecessary 
pain, or useless explanation, let me at once say that any engage- 
ment between your son and my daughter is out of the question. 
{Xing down to extreme R.) 

Enter Robert, r. c, at back. 

Rob. {Aside, up stage.) Mr. Eddy here? — then he has told all. 
Greenville and Bullay Enter and remain at back. 

Eddy, (c, to Mrs. De Mori.) You will pardon me — but 
Robert 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 23 

Rob. {^Coming dowii L. c.) Will speak for himself — and to 
Rowena alone. 

Mrs. DeM. (r.) Be it so. (JfzV/^ /^ Rowena.) Rowena, you 
know your duty. ^Goes up stage, but retutms down c.) 

Eddy. [Aside to Robert.) Remember, Robert, this is my final 
decision ; either you consent to marry Miss Trehayne, or you 
quit my house. Exit, R. u. E. 

Rob. {To Rowena.) You have heard all? 

Row. (c.) All what? 

Rob. (l. c. ) This sudden change from a position of honor and 
affluence to that of a person without name or parentage. 

Row. i^Aside.) He knows all. [Aloud.) Yes; I have heard. 

Rob. Ah! and your answer? 

Row. Do you still require it ? 

Rob. Yes. When I spoke of love, I little dreamt it was the 
love of a person without name or parentage. 

Row. [Aside.) Ah! then he knows all, and merely renews 
his offer from mistaken honor. I will not be a blot on his name. 

Rob. Rowena, your answer. 

Row. Give me back the rose. 

Rob. Ah ! [Kissing it, and gives it to her.) As with that 
flower, so may your memory of me fade and wither. Good-bye, 
and for ever. ( Turns slowly up stage.) 

'RoH. Good-bye. Oh, mother ! mother ! take me away. (Mrs. 
De Mori catches Rowena as she faints, and leads her off, l. u. 
e. Rowena drops fiower, which Robert picks up.) 

Rob. She has gone from out my life forever. Alas ! in this 
great wide world I am friendless and alone. [Military music 
heard, piano in the distance, playing '* Rally ' round the Flag."' 
Robert stands transfixed to the spot a moment. The music is 
worked up to forte at the close of the act. ) 

Enter Lundy, r. c, at back, accompa7iied by Eddy. 

Rob. Colonel, the proposition you made me is accepted — I offer 
myself as a recruit. 

Lundy. (r. c.) And you are accepted. 

Eddy. (l. c.) Robert! go not thus from me — stay! I implore 
you 

Rob. (c) 'Tis too late — besides, my country needs my ser- 
vices. 



24 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Enter RowENA, L. u. E. 

Row. (l.) Robert — Robert — where are you going ? 

Rob. (c.) To the war — I am beggared in pocket and bank- 
rupt in love, and what better fate than food for powder ! 

Row. Stay, Robert — I do love you ! {Falls into his arms.) 

Lundy. There is no time to be lost— our brave fellows are on 
the move. Follow me. Exit, r. c, at back. 

Rob. [Disengaging himself from Rowena.) Rowena, farewell ! 
With your name upon my lips, your image in my heart, I go forth 
to win a name which you will be proud to bear. Farewell ! 
(Rowena swoons into the arms (?f Eddy.) 

Tableau. 



Robert. 


Eddy, 


R. c, at back. Rowena. 
c. 


l. c. 


Greenville a7id Bullay. 




R. H. 





Quick Curtain. 



ACT II. 

Scene. — Dilapidated Warehouse near Frederic ksburgh, Va. 
At rise of Curtain, Music. Fritz and O'KovYLViE discovered 
near fire, r. h. Fritz is dancing ; O'Rourke on setitry duty. 

O'Rourke. [Near fire.) You seem to be mighty clever Avith 
your legs. It's practising ye are? 

Fritz, (r.) Vat for? 

O'Rourke. To run away whin the inemy comes. 

Fritz. Run avay ! never ! I vas come to fight, und not to run 
avay, mine friend. {Dances.) 

O'Rourke. What the divil are you doing ? 

Fritz. Trying to keep mineself warm. I vas as cold as it vas 
by the North pole und I don't vish to freeze shust vet. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 25 

O'Rourke. [Prodtcci7tgfiask from pocket.^ Arrah, man, take a 
nip of this. [Gives flask to Fritz.) It will warm you as noth- 
ing else will. 

Robert heard without, r. 

Robert. Halt! 

O'Rourke. [Seizes flask from Fritz.) Here comes the Ser- 
geant ! " [Puts fiask back in pocket, and paces to and fro.') The 
finest lad in the regiment. 

Fritz. Ugh ! Dere vas a mistake ven dey promoted him ; it 
should have been me, not him. Don't I vas deserving of dose 
stripes ? 

O'Rourke. The divil doubt it — only the sthripes would be on 
your back. 

Enter Robert, c. from r. 

Rob. [On entering.') Keep a sharp lookout, boys. You won't 
have a long rest. This flag of truce for the burial of the dead 
will last only two hours, and then the engagement will be re- 
newed. 

O'Rourke. That's what we want. Sergeant 

Exit, Fritz, c. and l. 

Rob. You can retire from sentry duty awhile, O'Rourke, and 
rest yourself. The chilly atmosphere hereabout makes the fire a 
rare treat. I suppose there is a scarcity of tobacco among you so 
I will share mine. [Produces tobacco.') It isn't much, but you 
are welcome. 

O'Rourke. [Taking tobacco.) Thank you. Sergeant. Always 
good to us men, eh? 

Rob. [Going to table, L. down stage.) There's no merit. We 
share the dangers, why not our tobacco ? 

O'Rourke. Oh, Sergeant, you're as modest as a woman and as 
brave as a lion. Faix ! I'm glad you're an Irishman. 

Rob. An Irishman ! 

O'Rourke. Bedad, yes. You're a Northerner. A Northerner is 
an Irishman, and an Irishman is a Northerner so they are — they 
arrived here from the same port. 

Rob. The Colonel would not agree with you, were he here. He 
'nsists upon calling me a Southerner. 



26 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

O'Rourke. [^Smoking pipe near fire.) Sure, Sergeant, the 
Colonel has a prejudice against you, the divil only knows why. 

Rob. I can nofhelp that. [Lights his pipe and sits at table.") 
My heart is in the Northern cause, though I am a Southerner by 
birth. Unfortunately I am educated, and he hates education in 
the ranks. He opposed my promotion. I did not merit promo- 
tion, perhaps ; but I do not deserve his dislike. 

O'Rourke. Not merit promotion ? Bedad ! when you walked 
into the shot and shell as though they were green peas and led our 
men into the thickest of the fight, and brought back the wounded 
officer who otherwise would have perished, the whole regiment 
were unanimous in their praise of your gallantry. Indeed the Col- 
onel was obliged to promote you. 

Rob. Had there been any danger, I should not have done it. 

O'Rourke. That's the fun of the thing. You believe yourself a 
coward, and you're the bravest man in the regiment. 

Rob. You mistake. I do no more than any of my comrades 
would do. I neither dodge a shot, nor dread a bayonet, because 
I do not see any danger ; but if I did, I'd run away, 

O'Rourke. Faix ! you would ? But it would be after the rebels. 
(O'Rourke resumes sentry duty.) 

Rob. I have comrades here who prize their lives because they've 
those at home to love and live for ; and who, in the long and silent 
nights, can dream of home, of tender looks, of sweet voices whis- 
pering constant love and hope ; but I am nameless, friendless, and 
what matters it if I should fall in the heat of battle, or a stray shot 
should cause my death, when there is no one to regret my loss — 
no one to visit in time to come my silent tomb — 

[Drtmt call heard, 'S.. u. e.) 

Enter Colonel Lundy, c. from r. All salute. 

Lundy. ( On entering. ) Let the picket be re-enforced, and a sharp 
lookout be kept. The enemy, though quiet, are dangerous. This 
truce now in force affords no good reason to believe that mischief 
is not afoot. Before many hours you may look for some desperate 
fighting, or I'm no prophet. Where's the Sergeant in command? 

Rob. [\..y advancing to him.) Here, sir. 

Lundy. [Aside.) It's strange that I should have taken a dislike 
to this fellow. Sir, your friend, Mr. Jerome Eddy, is dead. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES, 27 

Rob. I regret to say the news has already reached me. 

Lundy. (c.) You behaved ungratefully to him. 

Rob. Pardon me, Colonel, I shall ever remember him with grati- 
tude and love. If I preferred fighting my country's enemy to 
marrying a woman I did not like 

Lundy. To fall in love with a Southern Creole woman ! 

Rob. (r. c.) That was my affair, not yours. 

Lundy. Ahem ! I hope you will prove worthy of your promo- 
tion, and serve your country faithfully. 

Rob. I hope so too, sir. 

Lundy. Rather too important a position this, for a Southerner to 
hold. 

Rob. I beg pardon. I am a Northern man. 

Lundy. Oh ! I thought you were a Southerner — a Creole by 
birth. 

Rob. I was a Southerner once, but I am now a Northern gentle- 
man in all save birthright. 

Lundy. We don't expect non-commissioned officers to be gentle- 
men. 

Rob. But we expect the commissioned officers to be. 

Lundy. [Aside.) Confound the fellow! [Direct.) Humph! 
Information has been received at headquarters, that there are 
spies within our lines. 

Rob. Spies, Colonel ? 

Lundy. And that information of our numbers at each post, with 
drawings and plans, are being furnished to the enemy, and by a 
person in this regiment [Looks at Robert with suspicion). But 
let the traitor beware, for if we catch him, we'll shoot him down 
like a dog ! 

Rob. [Aside.) Why am I silent under this injustice? Is it 
respect for a brave man, or because I am a coward ? 

Lundy. You are silent. Sergeant. 

Rob. I was hoping. Colonel, that the spy might be caught. 

Lundy. And that he won't be found in the Northern lines? 

Rob. Patriotism is too dearly cherished to find spies or traitors 
among our comrades. 

Enter Officer c, from L., with two packets. 

Officer. [To Lundy.) From the Commander-in-Chief, Colonel 
Lundy. 



28 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Lundy. {Opens packet, reads. ^ Eh! what is this? A packet 
of letters for you, Sergeant. 

Rob. Thank you, sir. ( Takes packet and goes to table L.) 

Lundy. {^Reading, c.) " Permit two Southern ladies to pass 
through your hues." What the devil do women want crossing 
the lines at such a time ? 

Officer, (r. c.) The brother of one of the ladies, 1 believe, 
died some hours since, and through influence with the Com- 
mander-in-Chief, she has been granted permission to pass to him 
with the next flag of truce for the wounded. 

Rob. {Seated at table, reading letter.) Mrs. De Mori and 
Rowena here ! 

Lundy. I'd rather see the devil in the camp than a woman ; 
but the present truce will shortly expire ; they must wait for the 
next before they can pass. Now to inspect the enemy's outposts. 
( Takes field glasses from table L., and Exits c. atid l.) 

Rob. [Rising and stopping officer as he is about to go off c) 
Officer, where are the ladies quartered ? 

Officer. At headquarters. 

Rob. Thank you. (Exit Officer, c. then R.) I wonder 
whether they know that I am here ? If they do, will they endeavor 
to see me before they cross the lines ? And Rowena, does she 
care, I wonder, to know my fate- — if I am living, or if I am 
lying beneath the sod, like many a better man with a bullet in his 
heart? {Comes down c. in a pensive mood.) 

O'Rourke. (r.) What's the matter wid ye. Sergeant, you've a 
face as long as a docthor's bill. 

Rob. Nothing, O'Rourke. , Goes to table l., aside.) Now for 
the other packet. [Opens it.) As I supposed, from poor Mr. 
Eddy. [Reads.) "Is to be opened when twenty-one years of 
age." I am past that now. What is this? A certificate of birth 
of Robert Lundy, son of Mrs. De Mori, on October 13th, 1843, 
and properly attested, endorsed by a statement that for family 
reasons a female child had been substituted. Great Heavens! 
then Mrs. De Mori is my mother! [Opens second dociunent 
excitedly.) I wonder what this contains? 

O'Rourke. [Speaking off at Q. to Lundy.) Bedad, Colonel, you'd 
be picked off by the inimy hke a pigeon from a trap, at any other 
time than this. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 29 

Lundy. ( Without.) Have no fear for me, O'Rourke. 

O'Rourke. [Aside.) A severe officer is the Colonel, but for all 
that he's a brave man. 

Rob. Good ! the second document, signed by Mr. Eddy, prov- 
ing that his supposed son is the same child he rescued on the 
night of the 13th of October, 1843, from Jose Massini. These two 
documents make the chain of evidence complete. In Mrs. De 
Mori, I have found a mother — she is in the camp — but I can not 
leave my post — I have it — I will write to her, and enclose these 
precious proofs. They will be safer in her custody than in mine 
just at present. Who knows but I may fall in the next encounter. 
( Writes at table in a nervous manner. ) 

Enter Greenville and Bullay. cfroni r. 

Bull, (c.) Dis is ze place vare our friend Robert is — is 

Green, (r.) Stationed. 

Bull. Stationed. I vish he vas stationed in the next vorld — vat 
you call 

Green. Under the ground 

Bull. Non, non. 

Green. Sent to the devil. 

Bull. C'est bon — sent to ze devil. 

Green. Mrs. De Mori's brother is dead, and we have bought 
the property — but we can't hold it while this fellow [Pointing to 
Robert) is living. 

Bull. Ah ! he must die like many a better man. 

Green. But, how? he's in every battle and in every charge- 
fights like a hero. 

Bull. Ah ! if I were behind him, and could put a bullet in his 
back. But no, he always comes out unhurt. Sacre ! I hate him. 

Green. Hush ! Now tell me, have you the drawings of the re- 
doubts and intrenchments ; and the number of men at each ? 

Bull. C'est bon — in the hning of my coat 

Green. To-night they must be in the hands of the Confederates. 

Bull. You had better take care of them. 

Green. No— you — to have them found on me would be instant 
death. 

Bull. Ugh ! ze Irish is half ze lion, half ze cur. 

Green. Ugh ! French— half cat and half monkey. 



30 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Bull. [Sees LUNDY who appears at c.) Hush! the Colonel! 
We are friends 

Lundy. [Coming down C.) Hullo ! what the devil do you want 
here ? 

Bull. I vas looking at ze brave fellows you have ze honour to 
command. 

Lundy. {Aside.) French! [Direct.) Who are you ? 

Green. The firm of Greenville and Bullay, general sutlers to the 
Northern forces. 

Lundy. You mean a firm of swindlers, for such you are, and all 
who strive to grow rich in the same way. You sutlers are a curse 
to the soldiers ; you sell them inferior goods for which you demand 
exorbitant prices. I should like to hang a few of you. 

Bull. Mais, parole d' honneur, [may, par-ol do-nuhrj Colonel, 
you are vare unkind. You give us vat you call — you call ze 
crooked nob. 

Green. The straight tip. 

Lundy. Now look here. Though you possess properly endorsed 
documents attested at Washington, I won't have you or any other 
strangers prowhng about here ; we know there are spies within our 
hnes, especially in this camp. 

^^^^- 1 Spies' 
Green. J ^P^^^ * 

Lundy. Aye ! Spies, who are making plans of our intrench- 
ments and fists of our men. It is death to the rascals, when 
caught. 

Bull. Monsieur [mo-syuh] I I am a Frenchman, and ze glory 
of France is my life, my soul ; my heart is full of honor, and 
swells at ze roll of ze drum, at ze call of ze bugle ; and I vill fight, 
if necessary, wiz courage for ze flag of my adopted country ; my 
enemy I vill tread under my heel — I vill stamp upon him, and 
crush him. I vill shoot, I vill slay, I vill kill ze enemy of my 
adopted country. [Crosses L. H.; dugle call to arms ; drum calls 
till Lundy ^^^5- off.') 

Lundy, Sergeant I 

Rob. [Still writing.) Yes, Colonel. 

Lundy. What are you doing? 

Rob. Writing a letter, but 1 Lave fuiiblied now, [Seals letter.)': 

Lundy. Follow me. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 



31 



Exit LuNDY, followed by Robert. 
O'RoURKE paci7igfroin r. to L., without c. 

Bull. {Xing to Green.) 'Tis he ! and there he goes — the man 
whose death will bring us fortune. Oh, I will give you von 
hundred times its weight in gold for ze bullet zat finds its vay to 
his heart ! 

Green. Then make the offer to some one who wants the job, as 
I don't care to undertake it. 

Bull. Hush ! we must get rid of these dam papers, and, seconde, 
ve must get rid of him. 

Green. He was writing a letter at that table, to some one. To 
whom could it be, I wonder ? 

Bull. Ve vill know ; it's still on ze table. 

Green. How can you get it ! {Points up to O'Rourke.) If 
you take it you will be seen. 

Bull. Vare easy. You speak with ze sentry and I vill steal ze 
letter. (Greenville ^^<?j up stage c, and is about to speak to 
O'Rourke when he paces oJfK. Greenville r^/«r;^^ down stage 
Just as BuLLAY takes letters from table.) A packet of letteis 
for Mrs. De Mori ! 

Green. What is to be done } 

Bull. Ha ! ze vay — while I vatch ze sentry, steal ze letters our, 
and put zese in de envelopes, ( Gives him papers out of inside coat 
pocket.) Zat vill be vat you call fall over ze partridge? 

Green. Tumble to the game. (Bullay goes up stage c. 
O'Rourke appears. Bullay stands in a position before O'Rourke 
so as to screen Greenville, who extracts letters from envelopes 
at table.) 

Bull. {To O'Rourke.) Ah, mon ami [mong am-mee], ze 
veather is vare dam and chilly. Brandy is ze only remedy to 
prevent ze cold in ze body. 

O'Rourke. That's a great spache for a Frinchman. 

Bull. {Producing flask.) Some brandy. Vill you drink? 
{^During this time Greenville is opening letters.) 

O'Rourke. Willi? {Taking flask.) Won't I ! {Drinks.) 

Bull. {Sings.) " For ve are," vat you call, "jolly good fellows, 
ve are jolly good fellows," etc. 

O'Rourke. And so say all of us, hurrah ! And so you are. 



32 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Bull. Here is good luck. (^Drinks.') Encore, Monsieur soldat ! 
[ong-kor, mo-syuh sol-dah]. 

O'Rourke. Encore ! Brandy is a song that deserves a double 
encore. Here goes. [Drijtks ; Greenville by this time has 
placed papers given him by Bullay in envelopes, and re-seals 
letter. ) 

Bull. You seem to like it. 

O'Rourke. Loike it! Ain't I trailing it loike a brother? 

Bull. Ah, yes ; brandy and vhiskey are second cousins of the 
von family, and related vare closely to the Irish. 

O'Rourke. Bedad, I won't have any more. 

Bull. No, monsieur ; you've emptied ze bottle. Ah, here comes 
ze Sergeant! (O'Rourke resumes duty and Bullay comes dowti 
c, as GreF-Kville comes forward to meet hitn.) Ze papers — ze 
lettare. 

Green. Are here ! ( Gives papers a fid letter : ~ Bullay. ) 

Bull. Good ! Ah, mon cher Robert, your lettare is in my pos- 
session, — your hfe vill be also vare soon. 

Enter Robert c, quickly. 

Rob. [Going to table, l.) O'Rourke, run to headquarters, and 
deliver this packet to the party addressed. (O'Rourke takes 
packet, salutes and Exits C, and K. followed by Robert.) 

Bull, (r.) Now ve have spring ze mine. Ve must prepare for 
von grand 

Green. Blow up. 

Enter RoWENA c. frotn L. 

Row. {Entering.^ 'Tis here they said that I should find him. 
Thanks to the flag of truce, else this pleasure would not be mine. 
Dear Robert ! [Coming down c, pensively,) how my heart leaps 
at the thought of meeting him. 

Bull. [Seeing her.) Ah! Zis is von grand plaisir [play-zeer]. 
My heart beat with joy to hear your voice once more. 

Row. [Retreating a step.) Pardon me, sir, but 

Bull. [Advancing to her.) I will pardon you anything. 

Row. You are the person, I beheve, who purchased the La 
Creole mine, and other property of the De Moris' in Mexico, well 
knowing that he who sold them had no right to do so. 



. BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 33 

Bull. Oh, vy do you treat me so vare unkind ? You are the 
lady of my heart, and yet ven I vould for von sweet smile " brave 
ze battle and ze breeze," — I would go up in ze goldmine and down 
in ze balloon. 

Row. Permit me to pass. 

Bull. In my heart ze grand passion 

Row. {^Stamping foot.) Permit me to pass, sir. 

Bull. You will hear me ? 

Row. If you are a gentleman 

Bull. I am a Frenchman. 

Enter Robert, <z. from r. 

Rob. {Entering.') Hullo! what's this? 

Bull. Von lettle vord — (Robert sees Rowena's/^*:^.) 

Rob. [q. down stage.) Rowena ! Rowena ! [Rushes to her.) 

Row. Robert ! ( They euibrace and retire up r. ) 

Bull. [Going!.., disgusted.) Ugh! Sacre ! 1 am vot you 
call 

Green. ( Who has followed him.) Out of the hunt. 

Bull. He cross my path. She gives — vot you call — ze frozen 
elbow. 

Green. No, the cold shoulder. 

Bull. I vill have my revenge. I vill soon — soon 

Green. Make it hot for him. 

Bull. Make it hot for him, for I hate him. 

Exeunt both C. and L. 

Rob. [Coming down c. with Rowena.) Dear Rowena, I have 
the pleasure of seeing you again, and the long and weary months 
of anguish and misery are forgotten. 

Row. (r.) Oh, Robert! Why did you leave New York in 
anger, and the friends who loved you ? 

Rob. Did you not reject me — refuse my love, because of my 
altered position ? 

Row. No, Robert, no. It was because I myself had learnt I 
was not the daughter of Mrs. De Mori. 

Rob. I have written to her ; has she received my letter ? 

Row. No ! but she will be here directly ; she is most anxious to 
see you. How came you to be promoted? and what did you do 
to receive your Sergeantship ? 
3 



34 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Rob. I scarcely know. It was a cold gray morning in Novem- 
ber, the ground heavy with frosty dew, and the air thick and 
misty with rain clouds ; the men were sleeping, everything about 
the camp was quiet and silent, when from the valley below a 
strange and muffled sound was heard, and then in the dawning 
light a thick grey mass of moving men was seen, and the enemy 
were upon us ; a shot was fired, the drums were beaten, the bugle 
called to arms, and in an instant the men sprang up to life and 
action. On came the enemy, and down went we to meet them, 
shoulder to shoulder, with a ringing Union cheer. Ah ! how many 
a brave and noble fellow shed his blood that day upon bleak and 
barren fields, and left the hearts he loved to mourn him. 

Row. But you, Robert, you 

Rob. I had no time to think, I had but to do, and with my com- 
rades struggled to gain every available inch of ground, bayonet 
to bayonet, and foot to foot ; our officers were killed, the ground 
was covered with the dying and the dead ; and, overwhelmed by 
numbers, we were losing ground. My comrades showed signs of 
despair, when I rushed into their midst, and, with a desperate 
cheer of encouragement renewed their spirit, and led them on to 
victory. 

Row. And did you think of me ? 

Rob. Your name was on my hps, and in my heart. I had a 
rebel down, a man who fought with desperate bravery throughout: 
there he lay helpless and fallen, my bayonet was at his heart — I 
looked into his defiant face, and there I saw 

Row. Mine? 

Rob. Yes ! yours — the same dark earnest eyes, the same expres- 
sion. 

Row. And you killed him ? 

Rob. No ! spared him ; he was wounded and I brought him 
prisoner to the camp. 

Row. Have you seen him since ? 

Rob. No. I was promoted on the field of battle, and have since 
been to busy to visit him. {Drums, bugle, salute, heard of , c.) 
Enter LuNDY and O'Rourke, Q.from L. accompan- 
ied by four soldiers ; they advance down stage, L. 

Lundy. ( Crossing to Robert. ) Sergeant, you are under arrest. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 35 

Rob. (C, with soldiers R. and L. of him.') I, Colonel! For 
what? 

Lundy. Let your conscience tell you. {To Rowena.) You 
must return to headquarters at once. 

Row. But Robert ! ( To Lundy.) Oh, sir, if he is in danger let 
me remain with him. 

Lundy. Impossible! ( 7<? Soldiers.) Conduct the lady back. 

Row. But sir — {Music, piano — continued.') 

Lundy. Silence ! {Aside.) Hang it, my mother was a woman — 
{Aloud.) Well — well — say farewell and leave him. 

Rob. Have no fear, Rowena, there is some mistake — good-bye. 

Row. {Going.) Good-bye! [Goitig up C, she looks back. 
Robert rushes to her, embraces her, and she Exits with Soldiers 
c. and L.) 

Lundy. ( T^ Soldiers who are escorting Rowena.) Bring back 
with you the prisoner, Jose Massini, taken by this man. {Pointing 
to Robert. To Robert.) Now to deal with you. I have 
received a communication to the effect that the papers we require 
are in a sealed packet, addressed to a Southern lady in the camp. 

O'Rourke. {Up Q.. to Robert.) I hope there is no harm — there 
is the letter. ( Gives it to Lundy. ) 

Rob. (l. ) That is my property. 

Lundy. (r.) Young man, a grave and terrible charge hangs 
over your head. Open that letter and clear yourself. 

Rob. It is a private letter, and I deny your right to pry into its 
contents. 

Lundy. Open that letter. 

Rob. I decline. 

Lundy. Beware, young man ; you are suspected of an odious 
crime — of being a spy and a traitor to your country. 

Rob. Colonel! such a charge is almost too absurd even for 
indignation — but I give you my word of honor, as a man, that 
the letter contains only information of a family nature. 

Lundy. Once again, will you open it ? 

Rob. No! 

Lundy. Then my duty compels me to do so. O'Rourke, open 
this letter and hand me the contents. (O'Rourke hesitates ; he 
looks first at Robert then at Lundy.) Obey orders. 

O'Rourke. {Aside.) Bedad, I must, though I'd rather not. 



36 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

[Music — opens letter, hands contents to Lundy, retammg envel- 
ope.) 

Lundy. [Reads.) Ha! what are these ? Go! ( 77? O'Rourke.) 
bring me the person to whom this letter was addressed. (Exit 
O'RouRKE, c. and I..) So, so, apian of the intrenchments, and 
a list of the men. 

Rob. I — I — did not place them there — there is some treachery. 

Lundy. Treachery ! aye ! and you are the traitor! 

Rob. *Tis false ! my honor is as stainless as your own. 

Lundy. [To O'Rourke, who re-enters Q. from l.) W!io gave 
this to you? 

O'Rourke. (r.) The sergeant. 

Lundy. Did it leave your hands before you opened it? 

O'Rourke. Divil a moment, Colonel. 

Lundy. [To Robert.) You hear! Oh, so young and yet so 
depraved! Were your crime less detestable, I could almost pity 
you. 

Rob. I ask no pity — I demand justice. 

Lundy. Then you ask for death — a death most disgraceful and 
revolting. 

Enter Mrs. De Mori, q. from l. 

Mrs. De M. {Seeing Robert, goes to him and shakes hands.) 
Robert ! 

Lundy. (r. Mrs. De Mori's <^^z^/t /^ Lundy.) Ah! you know 
the prisoner, madam? 

Mrs. De M. (c.) The prisoner? {Tunis and sees Is^^iyi.) What! 
my husband, — and alive ! 

Lundy. Louisa, my wife ! (Mrs. De Mori about advancing to 
him.) Stand back! I have a stern and terrible duty to per- 
form. 

Enter Soldiers with Josfi Massini, q. from r. 

Jos6. [Seeing Robert as he advajtces down C.) The soldier 
who saved my life ! 

Lundy. Ha ! you have more than a passing regard for this 
man. [Pointing to ^o^y^wy: .) 

Jose. I have, for the consideration he extended to me. 

Lundy. (c.) Your name ? 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 37 

Jose, (r.) Jose Massini. {Robert and Mrs. De Mori sf art) 

Mrs. De M. (l. c, to LUNDY.) One moment, as you value all 
you hold dear in life. Jose Massini do you know me? 

Jose. {After pause.) Yes; Louisa De Mori, the daughter of the 
late Charles De Mori of Nashville, Tennessee. 

Mrs. De M. 'Twas you who, twenty years ago, took away my 
son. Where is he ? 

Jos6. I can tell you nothing. I have my duty to myself. 

Lundy. How do you mean? 

Jose. I am among enemies. 

Lundy. You are among men, who will treat you with justice and 
humanity. 

Rob. {Advancing to Josfi.) Speak the truth, sir, as much de- 
pends upon it. 

Mrs. De M. Speak ! There stands the husband who doubted 
my love. 

Jose. He was misled by a forged letter. 

Lundy. Ah ! 

Mrs. De M. And the child, our son. What has become of him. 

Jos^. He was adopted by a Northern gentleman. 

Mrs. De M. His name ? 

Jos^. Jerome Eddy ; hves at Fort Lee, New York. 

Lundy. My son! my son ! a traitor and a spy ! 

Mrs. De M. A spy and a traitor ! 

Lundy. Aye. {Showing papers.) Proved here beyond a doubt. 

Mrs. De M. But you will save him ? — your son ? 

Lundy. Were he twenty times my son, I have a duty to perform. 
A bugle call, " the alarm,''' followed by roll of drums. 

Enter Orderly, c, gives despatch to Lundy, and Exits c. 

Rob. Do not plead for me, mother ; I am innocent. And what- 
ever my fate may be, I can meet it like a man. 

Lundy. ( To Soldiers.) Take the prisoner back to his quarters. 

Exeunt Josfi, O'Rourke and Soldiers, c. and r. 

Lundy. The attack has begun. ( To Robert. ) You are my 
son, and Heaven knows I would have taken you to my heart and 
loved you. But you stand dishonored in the eyes of man. The 



38 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

enemy have planted their flag on our outer battery — {Bugle call; 
reports of cannon l. h., answered r. h., without q.^ A forlorn 
hope of volunteers are starting now to take it, and I would not see 
you die a traitor; the service is one of death. Go, then, and meet 
it like a soldier. 

( Trumpet calls as before. Reports of catmon.') 

Mrs. De M. No, no ! 

Rob. I will! [^Trumpets and reports.) My honor is true and 
spotless as your own. But you, my father, doubt me. I'll seal 
its truth in death, or bring back a name you shall be proud to 
own. Farewell, mother I If I fall, tell Rowena how I died- — 
wronged and misjudged ! {^Embraces Mrs. De Mori.) FarcAvell! 
Exit Robert hurriedly, c. and r., [Bugle calls y roll 
of drums, a?id reports of cajinon heard at intervals.) 

Luridy. ( To Mrs. De Mori.) I must to my post. After many 
years your truth and fidelity are proved. Let us not part in anger. 

Mrs. De M. My son ! You have killed him. 

Lundy. He was dishonored. 

Mrs. De M. 'Tis false ! 

Lundy. I am going into action, perhaps death. Say farewell. 

Mrs. De M. Never ! Bring back my son alive, or take a moth- 
er' s curse. 

Lundy. Be it so ! The fate I sent him to, I myself will share. 
[Rushes off c, and disappears R. Alarms as before, 
reports, etc. Mrs. De Mori swoons into chair l., near table.) 

Enter RowENA c.frojnu followed by Bullay a?td Greenville. 

Row. [On entering— much agitated.) Robert! where is he? 

Bull. (l. c. up stage in front of her.) Let me tell you. Your 
brave soldat is with ze forlorn hope. 

Row. (c.) Ha! 

Bull. [Following her down stage.) He vill die. He vill be 
shot. 

Row. No ! He will return. 

( Tr'umpets again heard ; reports as before.) 

Bull. But not alive — you hear — he must have nine lives of ze 
cat. Ah ! it varm my heart, to see him dead. 

( Trumpets again heard ; reports as before.^ 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 39 

Enter LuNDY Q. from r. agitated. 

Lundy. [Down c.) The battery is taken, and the flag down. 
[A loud cheer heard without c.,from R. Greenville attd Bul- 
LAY retire up at back, l. h. Mrs. De Mori revives, and Row- 
ENA rushes to her. ) 

Mrs. De M. {Rising.) My son ! 

Row. Robert, where is he ? 

Enter ROBERT, Q. from R., in an exhausted condition, followed by 
Fritz and Soldiers. He staggers stupidly down c. 

Rob. Here! Mother — Rowena! {^oby.wi about to come down 
stage, when a flash of fire is seen at back, coming from without 
c. , followed by reports of cannon ; he staggers and falls lifeless 
on stage.) 

Mrs. De M. Heavens ! he is dead ! [Swoons ittto the arms of 
Lundy. ) 







Tableau. 


Soldiers. Soldiers. 


Greenville and Bullay. 


up R. c. 




L. c. 
Fritz. 
tip c. 

Lundy ajid Mrs. De Mori. 


Soldiers. Soldiers. 




L. c. 
Robert. Rowena. 


R. 




C. L. 




Quick Curtain. 






ACT HL 



Scene. — Handsomely furnished drawing-room in Mrs. De 
Mori's house, near Richmond, Va. 

At rise of curtain. — Enter Fritz and Mrs. Greenville, c, 
down steps. 

Fritz. [Coming down R. c.) You vill vate here, Mrs. Green- 
ville ; I vill tell your husband you vas come. [Starts to go 
upc.) 



40 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Mrs. Green. Just a moment, Fritz. (Fritz returns R. c.) How 
came you to quit the army, and how is it I find you in the employ 
of a Southern lady ? 

Fritz. Dot vas strange mit you, eh? Veil I vill explain mine- 
self. Ven I gots myself sick in the army I gots me a furlong, 
und stharted for mine home. The rebels surprised my side, und I 
thought it vas better to accept vork mit Mrs. De Mori, den risk 
my life by trying to get North. 

Mrs. Green, (c.) A wise precaution, to say the least. (Fritz 
starts again up stage, but returns.') Fritz! What is my hus- 
band and his partner, Mr. Bullay, doing here ? ( Taking seat l. 
of table R. C.) 

Fritz, Shust as dey blease ; dey vas bosses of der house, und 
especially dot vily Frenchman. Mrs. De Mori, vas no sooner 
found by her son, den he vas shot in the drenches — shot in der 
moment of his victory, und now dese lawyers, as dey say dey vas, 
claim dis place along mit der oder properties of der dead Charles 
De Mori. How in de vorld did you cross de hnes, Mrs. Green- 
ville ? 

Mrs. Green. By the same means as your mistress. Ah ! a 
woman will make her way anywhere when she's in search of a 
husband. 

Fritz. Dot is so — [Looking off i.. 3 E.) Ah ! here comes Messrs. 
Greenville and Bullay. 

Mrs. Green. [Rising.) You need not announce me — that is not 
just yet. So sudden an announcement, I fear, would upset my 
husband's nerves ; he is so dehcate, you know — Come, Fritz, 
usher me into some place where I can observe his actions. I so 
like to pounce upon him suddenly — husbands, you know, admire 
that sort of thing. 

Fritz. [Xing to door, R. 3 E.) Quick! in here; dey vas com- 
ing. 

Mrs. Green. {Xing to R. 3 E. ) Oh ! when the war is over, 
won't I fix that husband of mine ! Exit, r. 3 e. 

Enter Greenville ^/z^BuLLAY, l. 3 e., quarj-elling. 

Fritz. [Retiring up stage, unseen by them. ) Ah ! shust in 
time. 

Green. [Coming down c.) I tell you that you are a humbug. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 41 

Bull. [Down R. c, excited.) Is zat me you vill call von hum- 
bug ? Ugh! Sacre bleu, Ivill — I vill — blow your nose. [Attempts 
to p 71 // Grek^vitllk' s nose.) 

Green. [Stops him.) No, you won't ! 

Bull. Oui ! but I vill. ( They quarrel ; seeing Fritz up c, who 
is looking ojf -R.) Ah! we are friends. [7 hey shake hands. "Jo 
Fritz.) Ah! Fritz, you no pass across ze lines to ze North? 
Ah ! yes, you like ze South after all, especially Mrs. De Mori. 
Tell ze Madame, zat we vould feel a plaiser — zat is Messrs. Green- 
ville et [ay] Bullay vould have ze honneur of an 

Green. Interview. 

Fritz. Mrs. De Mori vas indispossible, but I vill tell her you 
would speak mit her. 

Enter Massini Cfrom r., down steps. 

Green. [Advancing towards 'M.Assi'm.) Ah I what news? 

Massini. [Down c.) It was impossible to deliver your letter to 
General Lee. [Returns letter to Greenville.) There is every 
indication of a surrender of the South. It is rumored, and the 
rumor comes from a reliable source, that Lee is about to offer his 
sword to Grant. 

Bull. Mon Dieu ! [mong dyuh] zat vill spoil all our little plans, 
eh, Greenville. 

Green. Not my plans. [To Massini.) You are wilHng to 
serve us ? 

Massini. Why not ? you offer to pay me well, and I am at your 
command. 

Bull. Zat is veil. [To Greenville.) Zis bizness must be 
quick if the report of the surrender be true. [7'o Massini, l. c.) 
And zis girl Rowena, she is your daughter? 

Massini. No, the child of my brother, whose wife was an octoroon. 

Bull. And no von knows zis ? 

Massini. No ; the father and the mother both are dead. 

Green. You do not intend to claim relationship with this young 
girl? 

Massini. Not much. Her father, my brother bought her 
mother from me, — using trickery and subterfuge to accomplish his 
purpose, and I never forgave him. For twenty years I have felt 
the rankling thirst for vengeance. 



42 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Green. You serve our interest, and you shall have it. 

Massini. Be it so. I have those about me who will aid in carry- 
ing out your plot, if their services be needed. [Goi?tg.) We shall 
be within call when you are ready. Addios ! 

Exit Massini, c. then r. 

Bull. Ha ! ha ! Greenville, mon cher, we vin ze leetle game. We 
are safe v/ithin the Confederate hues. We have been well paid. 
Ve have claimed ze estate, and Robert — our bete noir [bayt 
noo-ar] — vas killed — vas dead. Just ven he vas found he vas 
lost. Ah, ve had vat you call ze thin squeal. 

Green. A narrow squeeze of it. 

Bull. Ze estate is ours. Vare are ze two papers zat prove ze 
change of children — ze identity of Robert? 

Green. Here in my pocket. 

Bull. Suppose zat I put zem in min.e. 

Green. Suppose that you don't. 

Bull. Suppose zat I do. 

Green. I'll see you hanged first. 

Bull. Do you doubt my honneur? 

Green. Do you doubt mine ? ( They quarrel as before.') 

Bull. No, no, you von gentilhomme [zhong-te-yom]. 

Green. And you're another. 

Bull. Ve vill keep up our rule to square up as we go. You 
shall keep ze von and I shall keep ze ozere. 

Green. Very well. Here they are {^Produces papers and gives 
BuLLAY choice. Bullay takes one. ) 

Bull. {^E X amine s paper. ^ I have ze von zat certify to ze change 
of children. 

Green. And I have number two, that certifies that Robert was 
that same child. 

Bull. Ha! ha! Now Rowena, she will soon be mine. Oh, 
ze charmante girl ! 

Green. Bah ! she doesn't care a straw for you. 

Bull. Care a straw ! she shall care ze whole hay-stack. Ugh ! 
I vill pull your eye, I vill black your nose for you. You tink she 
not love me, because your vife make a fool of you vith running 
avay from you. 

Green. You say that again ! 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 43 

Bull. Ha ! ha ! Your vife make a fool of you 

Green. Ah! {As he turns on Bullay, Mrs. Greenville 
Enters, R. 3 E., and conies between them.') 

Mrs. Green, (c.) You know better. 

Green. The devil — my wife ! 

Bull. [Ret?'eatmg up stage.) Sacre bleu ! Ze leetle fat, fair 
and forty, I'm off. Exit C. then R. 

Mrs. Green. And so, Mr. Greenville, I have found you 1 

Green. Yes, Mrs. Greenville. 

Mrs. Green. Oh ! if I could harrow up your feelings ! but you 
haven't any. If I could touch your heart ! but it is only a pump- 
ing machine. Oh ! why did you leave the beautiful villa at Plain- 
field ? 

Green, (r.) Because the atmosphere M^as uncongenial. 

Mrs. Green, (c.) Didn't I look after your comforts? 

Green. Yes, you gave me bacon and cabbage, morning, noon 
and night. 

Mrs. Green. Because I wished to make you a solid man. I sup- 
pose your coming home at three o'clock in the morning, drunk, 
was no annoyance to me. What did I do to comfort you, when 
you wanted to go to bed in this condition, with your boots on ? 

Green. Emptied the water jug over me. 

Mrs. Green. Wasn't I kind to your friends ? 

Green. Yes, too kind when they were good looking young men. 

Mrs. Green. Mr. Greenville ! 

Green. How about the distinguished looking individual, who 
always came when I was out? The fellow, who put on my dress- 
ing-gown, wore my slippers, drank my whiskey, and smoked my 
cigars ? 

Mrs. Green. Who told you so ? 

Green. Somebody who saw him. 

Mrs. Green. Who? 

Green. My friend and partner, M. Bullay. 

Mrs. Green. Oh ! oh ! Of course he saw him ? 

Green. Ah ! 

Mrs. Green. And in the dressing-gown and slippers 

Green. {Xmg stage, pulling his hair. ) Oh ! 

Mrs. Green. And smoking your cigars. 

Green. Ah ! and told me Hke a friend — good Bullay ! 



44 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Mrs. Green. Of course, good Bullay saw all this ! because he 
himself was the distinguished individual. 

Green. What? 

Mrs. Green. The villain tried to deceive me, and make a fool of 
you, and, fearing I should tell you, has made all the mischief. 
Greenville, I have been a true and good wife to you. 

Green. Are you sure of it ? 

Mrs. Green. Quite sure. 

Green. Then come to my arms. ( They embrace.) 

Mrs. Green. Patrick ! 

Green. Juliet ! 

Mrs. Green. Frangois Bullay, is a scamp. 

Green. He is. 

Mrs. Green. And you're another. You come with me and I'll 
show you a letter in his own handwriting, proving his treachery to 
you — come — come — {Pulling Greenville along with her, r. h.) 

Green. Oh ! o'n I Frangois Bullay — you then were the distin- 
guished individual ; but beware of the uprising of Ireland ! 

Mrs. Green. Patrick ! 

Green. Juliet! Exeunt both, R. 3 E. 

Enter Mrs. De Mori in mourning, with Fritz, l. 3 e. 

Mrs. De M. [Cottting dow7t, c.) I will at all hazards leave this 
place ; the presence of these two men, I can no longer endure. 

Fritz. Vere vill you go ? 

Mrs. De M. Ah — where, indeed ? I am utterly ruined by this 
war — my estate devastated — the crops destroyed — my houses burnt 
to the ground. Oh, where — where shall I find friends? 

Fritz. Shust count on me, Mrs. De Mori, I vos one friend. I 
vould travel anywhere mit you. 

Enter Bullay, c. from r. 

Bull. [Down L.) And anozzer in me. I vill serve you wiz mine 
heart — I vill help you wiz mine hand. 

Mrs. De M. You have already proved your friendship, Mr. Bul- 
lay ; it is the friendship of the serpent when he winds his coils 
round his victim. Friendship ! the friendship of the adder. 

Bull. If I am ze adder, mind I do not sting. 

Mrs. De M. Go, Fritz. Exit Fritz, r. 3 e. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 45 

Bull. You know, madame, zat I am ze owner of what was your 
property ? — zat your son was shot — he vas killed ? 

Mrs. De M. ( Weeps.) My boy — my brave boy ! 

Bull. Ah ! ze tear is in your eye. I love Rowena ; let her be- 
come my wife, zen ze property shall still be yours. 

Mrs. De M. Never ! Rowena your wife ! 1 would rather see her 
in her grave. [Xes to l.) 

Enter Rowena, c. from r. 

Row. (c.) Mother ! what is this? 

Mrs. De M. (l.) Nothing, my child. 

Bull. (r. h.) I vait my answer from ze lady herself. 

Mrs. De M. Rowena, my darling, this man dares to propose for 
your hand in marriage. 

Row. Ah, does he not know ? 

Bull. I know zat ze young man you love is dead — is gone vara 
he nevare return, and ze love you gave to him I vould for myself. 

Row. Robert ! my brave, my noble-hearted Robert, how hand- 
some, how bright and glorious he looked, how proud and happy 
as he bore the Union colors in his hand — oh, mother, mother, 
would that I could die ! [Sinks in chair l.) 

Mrs. De M. Hush, Rowena, hush, I too have my sorrow to 
bear. 

Row. Mother ! 

Mrs. De M. He was a brave boy, he would have been your 
husband. And in your young lives, in your happiness, I should 
have found my own. No ; you shall never be his. [Poirtting 
with disdain towards V>\J'L'LA.Y.) You have your answer. No! — . 

Bull. But I insist. 

Row. Nay, mother, let me hear him. [Rising.) 

Mrs. De M. Then, sir, be brief. [Retires up stage c, and off 
L. u. E.) 

Bull. Ah ! ze Mrs. De Mori, you love her, why not me? 

Row. Love, Mr. Bullay, is created by love, and fostered by 
kindness, devotion, and self-sacrifice, not by threats and persecu- 
tion. 

Bull. My heart is kind, and I would not threaten you, nor perse- 
cute. But, oh ! my love for you have changed my Hfe. For you^ 



46 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

I can be as good as ze angels ; for you, I can be as bad as ze 
devils ; for good or bad you can make me what you will. 

Row. I have told you, sir, I have no love to give. 

Bull. You gave it to a boy — a boy who know not how to prize ze 
jewel he had von and vas ze spy and ze traitor. 

Row. 'Tis false ! how dare you malign the dead, and to me, 
who knew him the soul of honor .-^ He lived a blameless life, and 
died a soldier's death. 

Bull. He was a spy. 

Row. He was a man, and worthy to command a woman's love 
— I have no love for you. [Xing to r.) 

Bull. {^Xmg to L.) If you have no love for me, you will have 
no home for yourself, for Mrs. De Mori — she vill starve ; be my 
wife and save your mother — or she starve. 

Row. ( To c. ) Starve ! 

Bull. Oui, for ze property is now mine, not von ting does Mrs. 
De Mori own. Ah, mon amie, von leetle vord of yours can save 
her. 

Row. [Aside.) She has been more than a mother to me, gave 
me years of tender watchfulness and love. I owe my life and 
more to her ; and is she not the mother of Robert ? 

Bull. I vate your answer. 

Row. If what you say is true — if — if there be no other means to 
save her 

Bull. You vill be my wife? 

Row. For her sake I — I 

Bull. Ah ! [As he is about to take her ha7id, Mrs. De Mori 
Re-Enters c. from l. and comes down between them. ) 

Mrs. De M. Never ! rather than accept the sacrifice, I would go 
and labor in the cotton-fields beside the negroes ; rather than see 
her your wife I would lay her dead at my feet ! 

Row. Mother ! 

Mrs. DeM. Hush, child! Come what may, with one sacred 
memory, one chain of love between us, we will starve together. 

Bull. You vill not let her be my wife ? Then she be my slave ! 

Mrs. De M. ) , . , , 

Row. I Your slave I 

Bull. Oui ; ven zat your son Robert you change, you took ze 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 47 

daughter of a slave — an octoroon, and I have bought all ze slaves 
on zat estate and Rowena vas von of them. 

Row. {Screams and falls on her knees). No ! no ! you \villhave 
pity — mercy 

Mrs. De M. You will not enforce this claim ? 

Bull. I will— I do. {Calls.) Jose Massini! 

Enter Massini, C. from L. 

Mrs. De M. Jose, what means this ? 

Massini. (r.) Pardon me, Sehora, M. Bullay bought all my 
slaves some time since, and the mother of Rowena was among the 
number. 

Bull. And in ze bill of sale it gives me ze right to all ze unsold 
offsprings of ze vomen. Ah, madame, you can now understand 
my position. 

Row. Oh, sir, have you no human feeling in your heart ? 
[Music — bugle, fife and druwi distantly heard off \.. u. e.) 

Bull. Ze von human feehng in my heart vas my love for you. I 
am your master now ! Monsieur, isn't zis girl von of my slaves ? 
Vasn't her mother your vife 1 

Massini. Yes ; and the girl is yours. 

Row. Ah.^ 

Bull. Monsieur, take avay ze girl — my slave. You vill I hold 
responsible for her safety. 

Massini. {To Mrs. De Mori.) Pardon me, Sehora, I'm in this 
man's service. ( To Rovv^ena.) Come. 

Row. {Kneeling.) Oh, mercy ! Look at my mother. She has 
lost a son, and in this great unpitying world has no one but me. 
We are two weak defenceless women. Ah ! are you human ? 
Are you a man ? 

Bull. Vat ! a man ? I wouldn't vant to marry you if I vas not. 
You may as veil go peacefully. You have no hope, no chance. 
You vould have been ze slave of Robert, but he is dead ! {Drum 
roll heard without, c.) 

Enter Robert, q.. frojn l., in officers tmiform. 

Rob. {Ate.) No, alive, and if Rowena's a slave at all, she's 
mine ! (Mrs. De Mori and Rowena rush to his arms.) 

Exit Massini, c. a7td l. 



48 BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 

Mrs. De M, (r.) Tell me, my boy, how you were saved? 

Rob. (c.) After the taking of Fredericksburg by the Confeder- 
ates, I was removed to their hospital, where I remained under 
medical care, till the retaking of the town by our side. Ah, 
mother, I owe much to the Colonel for the restoration of my life. 
When he discovered I was not killed, as reported, he had me 
removed to his quarters, and in the crisis of my danger, nursed 
me back to life with a woman's gentleness. 

Enter Lundy, c. from L. 

Rob. My father! [Advancing to lAJ^aiyY.) 

Mrs. De M. My husband ! ( They embrace.') 

Lundy, (c.) Louisa, you told me to bring you back your son 
and he is there. We are not youthful lovers now, and in the 
vale of life the two best words the human heart can repeat are 
" Forget " 

Mrs. De M. And "Forgive." [She gives her hand.) You 
give me back my son, take back my love. 

Lundy. I now see the injustice I have done the lad. He's a fine 
fellow. I have but one regret — one cloud, the spy's papers found 
in his possession, and I have promised the day he proves his inno- 
cence I will acknowledge him as my son. 

Mrs. De M. And why not now ? 

Lundy. Because there is a cloud upon his honor, and until it is 
cleared I can not hold out my hand to him and say, Robert, my 
son. 

Enter O'RoURKE, c. from L., down steps. 

Lundy. [Advancing to him.) What news? 

O'Rourke. [Giving him sealed packet, which Lundy opens.) 
This packet will, I am sure, answer that question, 

Lundy. [Reads document.) Eh! The South has succumbed — 
Lee has surrendered to Grant — 

Rob. Thank Heaven ! — Ah, the cruel war will soon be at an 
end ! [Comes down R., leaving Rowena up stage. To Bullay.) 
Fve an account with you, sir, and I want a settlement now 

Bull. (r. h.) Avec moi [av-ek moo-ah] — and who ze devil are 
you? 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 49 

Rob. (r. c.) Robert De Mori Lundy, the heir to the estates of 
Charles De Mori. 

Bull. Ha ! ha ! You have no proof at all. 

Mrs. De M. But I have! {Producing paper?) This very deed 
by which you would make Rowena your slave, proves Robert to 
be my son. 

Enter Mr. and Mrs. Greenville and Fritz, l. u. e. 

Rob. You cannot deny the authority of this document, which 
proves Mrs. De Mori's story. 

Bull. No ! no ! But you cannot prove you are zat son. Zat 
paper proves nothing. 

Lundy. [Havmg read the paper.) True! for this paper only 
proves that your child was a boy, and at its birth was exchanged 
for a female child, the daughter of a planter — Carlos Massini. 
This is no proof that you, Robert, are that boy. 

Bull. Ha! ha! [Xing to l.) but you have not ze ozare proof. 

Green. [Coming down c.) No, they haven't, but I have. 

All. You ! 

Green. And here it is. [Gives paper to Robert.) Signed by 
Mr. Jerome Eddy, properly attested, and proving you, with the 
other documents, to be beyond a doubt, Robert De Mori Lundy. 
And more — Jose Massini confessed to me that this girl, Rowena, 
was not his daughter, but the daughter of honest, though humble 
white people, now deceased ; therefore, the girl is a free woman. 

Bull. Ah traitor ! 

Green. Square as we go. This is the distinguished individual's 
debt. 

Bull. Oh ! if I had your head in my hand, your heart under my 
heel 

Rob. Now, Mr. BuUay, we will settle up. These two docu- 
ments were stolen from me in the camp at Fredericksburgh, and 
the hand that stole them was the spy's — yours was the hand, and 
you the traitor. 

O'Rourke. [Corning forward.) Here's the envelope, Colonel, 
the papers were in. Arrah, sure the seal on it, looks as though it 
had been tampered with. 

Rob. [Seizing envelope from O'Rourke.) You're right, 
O'Rourke ; the seal has been broken, and resealed with another. 



50 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES. 



Bull. {Feigns surprise.^ Vith anozzer ! Who's? 

Rob. Who's? {Co7)ies down to Bullay, suddenly breaks off 
seal from his watch chain and co^npares it with packet.') Why, 
•^QiMXS, {Chord.) M. Bullay. See the traitor ! 

Lundy. {After examining it.) It is so beyond a doubt. Rob- 
ert, my son, your hand. 

Rob. Father! 

Bull. I've got into ze hot vater, and, sacre, it begins to boil. 

Lundy. (r. c.) So you were the traitor, eh? 

Bull. I and my partner — let him share ze honor, for we share as 
we go. 

Lundy. No. For in consideration of the service he has just ren- 
dered, his life along with yours, is unforfeited. Now, go ; quit 
this house instantly or I'll put you under arrest. Go ! 

Bull. Oui, monsieur ; adieu, M. Greenville, ve have rowed in 
ze same boat, but ve von't be hanged by ze same rope. 

Exit L. 3 E. 

Martial music distinctly heard, piano, and worked to forte, 

Mrs. De M. What's that? 

Fritz. {Coming down R. c. from C. where he has beejt looking 
off R. u. E.) It vas der troops leaving the city. 

Lundy. Ah, Louisa ! this re-union of the North and South will 
be the means of re-uniting many hke ourselves, who have been so 
long parted. 

Rob. Yes, and redeem the honor of those, who stood "Between 
Two Fires." 

Tableau. 

Mr. and Mrs. Greenville. 
up R. H. 

Robert and Rowena. 
c. 

Lundy and Mrs. De Morl 
L. c. 

Fritz. O'Rourke. 

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brought to life. — Saved from the wreck. — Legal advice. — Married for money. — A 
golden chance. — The intercepted letter. — A vision of wealth. — The forgery. — Within 
an inch of his life. — The rescue. — Tableau. 

Act IL Scene as before ; time, night.— Dark clouds gathering.— Changing the 
jackets. — Father and son. — On duty. — A struggle for fortune. — Loved for himself. — 
The divided greenbacks. — The agreement. — An unhappy life. — Tlie detective's mis- 
take. — Arrested.— Mistaken identity. — The likeness again.— On the right track. — The 
accident. — "Will she be saved?" — Latour's bravery. — A noble sacrifice. — The secret 
meeting. — Another case of mistaken identity. — The murder. — " Who did it ? "—The 
torn cuff. — " There stands the murderer ! " — " 'Tis false ! " — The wrong man murdered. 
— Who was the victim !— Tablhaet. 

Act IIL Two Days Later. — Plot and counterplot. — Gentleman and convict. — 
The price of her life. — Some new documents. — The divided banknotes. — Sunshine 
through the clouds. — Prepared for a watery grave. — Deadly peril. — Father and daugh- 
ter. — The rising tide. — A life for a signature. — True unto death. — Saved. — The mys- 
tery solved. — Denouement. — Tableau. 



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A Musical Entertainment for Young People. Introduces the Gypsy Queen, 
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scene is supposed to be a Gypsy Camp. The costumes arc very pretty, but simple ; 
the dialogue bright ; the music easy and tuneful ; and the drill movements and calis- 
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tainment can be represented on any platform. 



BETWEEN TWO FIRES 

A Comedy-Drama in Three Acts, by Thomas K. Serrano. 



PRICE, 15 CENTS. 



Eight male, three female, and utility characters; Leading juvenile man, first 
and second walking gentlemen, two light comedians (lawyer and foreign adventurer), 
Dutch and Irish character comedians, villain, soldiers ; leading juvenile lady, walk- 
ing lady and comedienne. Three interior scenes ; modern and military costumes. 
Time of playing, two hours and a half. Apart from unusual interest of plot and skill 
of construction, the play affords an opportunity of representing the progress of a real 
battle in the distance (though this is not necessary to the action). The comedy busi- 
ness is delicious, if well worked up, and a startling phase of the slavery question is 
sprung upon the audience in the last act. 

SYNOPSIS OF INCIDENTS. 

Act I. At Fort Lee, on the Hudson. — News from the war. — The meeting. — 
The colonel's strange romance. — Departing for the war. — The intrusted packet. — An 
honest man. — A last request. — Bitter hatred — 1 he dawn of love. — A northerner's 
sympathy for the South. — Is he a traitor ? — Held in trust. — La Creole mine for sale. — 
Financial agents. — A brother's wrong. — An order to cross the enemy's lines. — Fortune's 
Fool. — Love's penalty. — Man's independence.— Strange disclosures. — A shadowed life. 
— Beggared in pocket, and bankrupt in love. — His last chance.— The refusal. — Turned 
from home. — Alone, without a name. — Off to the war. — Tableau. 

Act IL On the Battlefield. — An Irishman's philosophy. — Unconscious of 
danger. — Spies in the camp. — The insult. — Risen from the ranks.— The colonel's 
prejudice.— Letters from home.— The plot to ruin.— A token of love. — True to him. — 
The plotters at work. — Breaking the seals. — The meeting of husband and wife.— A 
forlorn hope. — Doomed as a spy. — A struggle for lost honor. — A soldier's death. — 
Tableau. 

Act III. Before Richmond.— The home of Mrs De Mori. — The two documents. 
— A little misunderstanding. — A deserted wife. — The truth revealed. — Brought to 
light.— Mother and child.— Rowena's sacrifice. — The American Eagle spreads his 
wings. — The spider's web. — True to himself .—The reconciliation.— A long divided 
home reunited. — The close of the war. — Tableau. 



READY XOV. 15, 18S8. 

THE COURT OF KING CHRISTMAS. 

PRICE, 25 CENTS. 

A Christmas entertainment. The action takes place in Santa Claus land on Christ- 
mas eve, and represents the bustling preparations of St. Nick and his attendant worth- 
ies for the gratification of all children the next day. The cast may include as many 
as 36 characters, though fewer will answer, and the entertainment represented on a 
platform, without troublesome properties. 1 he costumes are simple, the incidental 
music and drill movements graceful and easily managed, the dialogue uncommonly 
good, and the whole thing quite above the average. A representation of this enter- 
tainment will cause the young folks fairly to turn themselves inside out with delight, 
and, at the same time, enforce the important moral of Peace and Good Will. 

ENTERTAINMENTS IN PREPARATION. 

AN EVENING WITH DAVID COPPERFIELD. 
THE JAPANESE WEDDING. 

AN EVENING WITH THE PICKWICK CLUB, 



SAVED FROM THE WRECK. 

A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS, BY THOMAS K. SERRANO. 



PRICE, 15 CENTS. 



Eight male, three female characters: Leading Comedy, Juvenile Man, Genteel 
Villain, Rough Villain, Light Comedian, Escaped Convict, Detective, Utility, Juvenile 
Lady, Leading Comedy Lady and Old Woman. Two Interior and one Landscape 
scene. Modern Costumes. Time of playing, two hours and a half. The scene of the 
action is laid on the New Jersey coast. The plot is of absorbing interest, the " busi- 
ness " effective, and the ingenious contrasts of comic and serious situations present a 
continuous series of surprises for the spectators whose interest is increasingly main- 
tained up to the final tableau. 

SYNOPSIS OF INCIDENTS. 

Act L The Home of the Light-house Keeper. — An autumn afternoon.— 
The insult. — True to herself. — A fearless heart. — The unwelcome guest. — Only a 
foundling. — An abuse of confidence. — The new partner. — The compact. — The dead 
brought to life. — Saved from the wreck. — Legal advice. — Married for money. — A 
golden chance. — The intercepted letter. — A vision of wealth. — The forgery. — Within 
an inch of his life. — The rescue. — Tableau. 

Act IL Scene as befoke ; time, night.— Dark clouds gathering.— Changing the 
jackets. — Father and son. — On duty. — A struggle for fortune. — Loved for himself. — 
The divided greenbacks. — The agreement. — An unhappy life. — The detective's mis- 
take. — Arrested. — Mistaken identity. — The likeness again. — On the right track. — The 
accident. — "Will she be saved?" — Latour's bravery. — A noble sacrifice. — The secret 
meeting. — Another case of mistaken identity. — The murder. — " Who did it? "—The 
torn cuff. — " There stands the murderer ! " — " 'Tis false !" — The wrong man murdered. 
— Who was the victim ! — Tableau. 

Act IIL Two Days Later. — Plot and counterplot. — Gentleman and convict. — 
The price of her life. — Some new documents. — The divided banknotes. — Sunshine 
through the clouds. — Prepared for a watery grave. — Deadly peril. — Father and daugh- 
ter. — The rising tide. — A life for a signature. — True unto death. — Saved. — The mys- 
tery solved. — Denouement. — Tableau. 



THE GYPSIES' FESTIVAL 



PRICE, 25 CENTS. 



A Musical Entertainment for Young People. Introduces the Gypsy Queen, 
Fortune Teller, Yankee Peddler and a Chorus of Gypsies, of any desired number. The 
scene is supposed to be a Gypsy Camp. The costumes are very pretty, but simple ; 
the dialogue bright ; the music easy and tuneful ; and the drill movements and calis- 
thenics are graceful. Few properties and no set scenery required, so that the enter* 
tainment can be represented on any platform, 



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105 An Elephant on Ice. 

106 A Manager in a Fix. 

107 Bones at a Raffle. 

108 Aunty Lhloe. 

109 Dancing Mad. 
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Ill An Unhappy Pair. 

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SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 



clutcli s office._A fruitless i.)urnev. a 
lieap of accimiulated biisiiiess and a 
chapter of unparalleled impudence- 
News from the front.-A poor girl's 
trouble and a lawyer's big heart. -Hil- 
da s sad story.-" I '11 see this thing 
Tf^'\^^ It costs me a fortune!"— A 
sudden departure in search of a clue — 
1 he meetnio-offriends.-Oneof nature's 
noblemen.— Maitland bctravs his secret 
by a slip of the tongue.~The ball at 
J.eachwood.— 1 wospoonevs.fresh from 
college.lose their heads and then- hearts, 
r ^4"ashed by Jupiter ! '—Trusting 
innocence and polished villainy.— The 
interrupted tryst. - An honest' man's 
avowal.- A picture of charming simpli- 
city.-Murdell and Hilda meet face to 
lace.— 1 dare vou to make another 
victim ! —A scoundrel's discomfiture.— 
Tableau. 

1 ^^l^^' TheSrparatign.— The Mait- 
land homestead.— Anastasia's doubts — 
A warm welcome and its icy reception 
— torebodings and doubts.— Father and 
son.— Searchingquestions.-A domestic 
storm and a parent's command.— A 
toiled VI lain s wrath.-Enlisting for the 
'<'f/";~^''^ collapse of the cowards. 



■^^i%^^::s^^hBiS^E ' M.s,^ .?z?. 



... ^^, ^ ,,p,,v, i,„; per s up ! ' 

Hilda s sympathy and Adrienne's silent 
despair.-lhe result of impulse.-The 

?i^ l^'^'^f^ ^."'" '^*^ son.-Anastasia 
and Doilerclutch.-Coriolanus comes to 
S"J*-^"of^a»fl bad news.-Husband 
and wife.-Reginald demands an ex- 
planation.— A hand without a heart — 
Ihe separation.— A new recruit.— Too 
late; the roil is signed.— Tableau. 

ACT III, Duty vs. Impulse.- Four 
vears later.— A camp in the armv.— 
Longings. --"Onlv six miles from 
A '?^!. T^''^ sl<eIeton in the closet.— 
A lathers yearning for his child —A 
woman-hater in love.-DolIerclutch's 
dream.--A picture of camp life and fun. 
-Coriolanus has his revenge.-News 
from home.-Dollerclutch makes a bie 
hnd. " Eureka : "—Proofs of Hilda's 
parentage and marriagc.-A happv old 



Luvyer.--' I 'II take them to Hilda ! "_ 
ipetailed for duty._A soldier's tempta- 
tion.— The sentinel deserts his post— 

hnmh/' i'- '" '-^^ grass.-"At last. I can 
luunble his pride ! ' 

Q,.^.?'' ^^;. 'I'HE Reconciliation and 
SEQ(fEL.-At Reginald's home.-News 
ti om the army.-." Giant is not the man 
to acknowledge defeat !"-Adrienne and 
Hilda— talse pride is broken.— The re- 
conciliation.-" Will Reginald forgive 
•ne?"_Dollerclutch brings joy to ?ill! 
da s heai-t --" You are the d'aughter of 
M.M-ris Alait and !"_Thc stolen docu- 
jnents and the snake in the grass.— 

iU.^ v'^ }^ ^ ^'^"'* ^^^e this thing 
^u ough ! -A letter to the absent one.- 
I-ace to tace.-The barrier of pride 
swept down.-" Reginald, I love you : 
come back!"-The happy reunion. Ia. 
ominous cloud.-" I have deserted my 
post ; the penalty is death. I must re- 
turn ere my absence is discovered I"— 
1 he wolf in the sheepfold.-A wily 
tempter foiled. - A villain's rage. - 
I hose words have sealed your doom !" 
-Ihe murcjer and the escape. - 
IJolIerclutch arrives loo late.— The pur- 

tZL ,.?'^'!^.''.'"r,V^^^T-In camp 



-Th. 



, . .'• '■■V- oliarge of de- 

sertion and the examination.-'- 1 knew 
n.)t what I did !"-The colonel's lenity— 
Disgrace.— News of Adrienne's murder 
IS brought to camp.— Circumstantial 
f ''7r"*^,^/astens the murder upon Reg- 
inald.-rhe court-martial.— (Convicted 
ami sentenced to beshot.-PreparaiSns 
tor the e.vecution.— • God knows I am 
innocent ! "-Dollerclutch arrives in the 
mck of time.-" It you shoot that man 
?^rtl,?""^'* murder!"-The beginning 
of the end.— "Adnenne lives !"-A viP 
icene -n""^''"?^"^ ^PPears on the 
f m""^' ^''"^'".^ '^ *'^e attempted assas- 
sin ! -Divine unpulse.-The reward of 
nnocence and the punishment of vil- 
ainy.-Good news.-" Hurrah, the war 
IS over: Lee has sun-endered to Grant'" 
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